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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / October 2003Create a Drop down list (ComboBox) in Word office XP
Hi All, I need to create some drop down menu list so it is possible to choose some values to be entered in the word document. I tried to use AutoText but that shows other values as well. I need to create it as a combo Box or as a drop down list for a specific values and then when the user clicks that drop down he/she will choose the right value that will be entered in the word document. In this document I need to enter a lot of drop down list and the question is also if the user wants to add later on some values into those drop down list how that can be done. Is that possible to link that to Access Data base. I appreciate any feedback. Thanks, Doron Doron, You might find the following article useful: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/AutoTextList.htm >-----Original Message----- >Hi All, > >I need to create some drop down menu list so it is possible to choose some values to be entered in the word document. I tried to use AutoText but that shows other values as well. I need to create it as a combo Box or as a drop down list for a specific values and then when the user clicks that drop down he/she will choose the right value that will be entered in the word document. >In this document I need to enter a lot of drop down list and the question is also if the user wants to add later on some values into those drop down list how that can be done. Is that possible to link that to Access Data base. >I appreciate any feedback. > >Thanks, > >Doron Hi Doron, > I need to create some drop down menu list so it is possible to choose some values to be entered in the word document. I tried to use AutoText but that shows other values as well. I need to create it as a combo Box or as a drop down list for a specific values and then when the user clicks that drop down he/she will choose the right value that will be entered in the word document. > On the AutoText question, what you'd need to do is create the entries by formatting them all with a particular STYLE name. Then you can specify that the list should show only entries in the style-name category by using that particular switch. This KB article gives a bit more information WD97: Adding AutoText to the AutoText Menu [Q157843] http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=157843 > In this document I need to enter a lot of drop down list and the question is also if the user wants to add later on some values into those drop down list how that can be done. Is that possible to link that to Access Data base. There's no way to link any kind of dropdown list directly to an Access database - in either direction. That would require VBA code. You might want to take a look at using an ActiveX control from the Controls Toolbox. But this would also require VBA to fill the list each time the document is opened. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jan 24 2003) http://www.mvps.org/word This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Thanks I will give it a try. Doron > Hi Doron, > [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply > in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) >-----Original Message----- >Hi All, > >I need to create some drop down menu list so it is possible to choose some values to be entered in the word document. I tried to use AutoText but that shows other values as well. I need to create it as a combo Box or as a drop down list for a specific values and then when the user clicks that drop down he/she will choose the right value that will be entered in the word document. >In this document I need to enter a lot of drop down list and the question is also if the user wants to add later on some values into those drop down list how that can be done. Is that possible to link that to Access Data base. >I appreciate any feedback. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >For the drop down menu, you have to format as a "form", in the option of form field you have the drop down option |
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