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GRM - 20 Mar 2004 23:07 GMT

Is there a way to have the prompt in the ASK field
display vertically. What I want is to create a menu of
options and have word select the appropriate text or
document associated with the item from the menu. For
example, I would have the user pick a number for the
state of the union and the appropriate state would be
inserted. I wanted to do the same thing with the
selection of documents via INCLUDETEXT.

The problem is that the prompt is listed horizontally and
does not display all the options. Is there another way.

Evaluating the bookmark when there are many options is
also proving difficult.

I had been using wordperfect and had solved this issues,
but am having trouble with Word.

Any suggestions.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACTERS FROM EMAIL ADDRESS - 21 Mar 2004 01:59 GMT

Use a combobox or a listbox on a userform instead of the ASK field.

To get started, see the article ?How to create a Userform? at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm

Post to the microsoft.public.word.userforms ng if you get stuck.

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- 22 Mar 2004 15:45 GMT

Thanks. I will look into this.

Will the userform permit me to have an document to be
launched as a result of the selection or will it merely
insert text.

What I also want is to be able to launch two or three
documents depending on the user's selection. For
instance, document #1 would be a certain document and the
user may need other documents as well. Each document
should be able to merge data from the access data base.

I am still learning, but "form" don't permit
modifications to the boilerplate. My document must also
permit this. That is why I thought the ASK function was
the way to go. Again, I am still learning about forms,
userform etc..

Thanks again.

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>Use a combobox or a listbox on a userform instead of the ASK field.
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>To get started, see the article "How to create a

Userform" at:

>http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm
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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACTERS FROM EMAIL ADDRESS - 23 Mar 2004 00:07 GMT

In the userform, you could include check boxes that the user could check if
they way documents from other templates to be created and populated with the
data.

A userform does not require that the document be protected so there are no
restrictions on modifying the "boilerplate" text in the documents that are
created.

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