Multi-line drop down

[Guest]

Hello,

I need to know if there's a way to create a multiple row drop down field. The users of the template/form I'm designing need to be able to select an address from a drop-down menu. The address needs two lines, for example

1234 South 2nd Stree
St Louis, MI 4566

I know I could make two separate drop downs, but I really can't count on the people typing to know which address corresponds with which city

Thanks

Vel

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi, Vel,

There really isn't a multiline dropdown in the sense you mean, but you can
use an AutoTextList field to show one-line names that cause two-line inserts
to appear. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/AutoTextList.htm for
instructions.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the suggestion. It seems to address what I need, except when I follow the instructions and then reprotect my form the field is not changeable. It did give me the benefit of being able to let the user of the form begin to type a city name and get all of the information filled in by pressing 'enter' but I would like to still have the functionality of a drop down box or the autotext field as it exists in an unprotected document

----- Jay Freedman wrote: ----

Hi, Vel

There really isn't a multiline dropdown in the sense you mean, but you ca
use an AutoTextList field to show one-line names that cause two-line insert
to appear. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/AutoTextList.htm fo
instructions

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Regards
Jay Freedma
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.or

Vel wrote

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Does this occur in such a way that you can isolate it in a separate section
and leave that section unprotected?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Thanks for the suggestion. It seems to address what I need, except when I

follow the instructions and then reprotect my form the field is not
changeable. It did give me the benefit of being able to let the user of the
form begin to type a city name and get all of the information filled in by
pressing 'enter' but I would like to still have the functionality of a drop
down box or the autotext field as it exists in an unprotected document.