I experimented with creating the drop-down in vba and it
works without having to unprotect the document, except...
the Range:=Yadayada.Range (Start:=0, End:=0) puts the drop-
down list at the beginning of the page (see start,end) I
understand what and why the code is doing that, I just
don't have the know how to set the range (if range is
correct in this instance) as a bookmarked form field.

When I tab from a prior form field, using an "entry" macro
to the field where I really, really want the list to
appear, it instead appears at the top/left/start of the
form document and I understand the range command is
controlling that... I feel I can get this to work if I can
modify the code to see the book marked field being tabbed
into....any suggestions please...best regards (see sample
of the code below)

Sub Dropdown()
Set ffield = ActiveDocument.FormFields.Add( _
   Range:=ActiveDocument.Range(Start:=0, End:=0), _
   Type:=wdFieldFormDropDown)
With ffield
   .Name = "No1"
   With .Dropdown.ListEntries
   .Add Name:="Text1"
   .Add Name:="Text2"
   .Add Name:="Text3"
   End With
End With