If your template is a protected form, you can use a dropdown form field.
Otherwise, try an AutoTextList field; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/AutoTextList.htm

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> Is it possible to have drop-down boxes (as you would see on a web-page) in a
> word template? If so, does anyone have instructions on how to do this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Eric