i have a series of drop down boxes that with have code to add items to their
list (see my other thread for details if you are insterested,
http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/word-program/958/form-field-drop-down-25-
limit-list-I-have-made-a-fix-of-sorts#76c655d6f15bfuwe
) and due to the volume of form field (28 will be needed in my case) I wanted
to dynamically change the "Dropdown1" reference in my code to the currently
selected items bookmark name,  for example:

code currently is:
If ActiveDocument.FormFields("Dropdown1").Result = Data2(UBound(Data2)) Then
   ActiveDocument.FormFields("Dropdown1").DropDown.ListEntries.Clear
   ActiveDocument.FormFields("Dropdown1").DropDown.ListEntries.Add "Please
Select..."
       For i = LBound(Data) To UBound(Data)
           ActiveDocument.FormFields("Dropdown1").DropDown.ListEntries.Add
Data(i)
       Next i
end if

code need to be along the lines of:

dim nameSel as string
nameSel = selection.bookmarks.name

If ActiveDocument.FormFields(nameSel).Result = Data2(UBound(Data2)) Then
   ActiveDocument.FormFields(nameSel).DropDown.ListEntries.Clear
   ActiveDocument.FormFields(nameSel).DropDown.ListEntries.Add "Please
Select..."
       For i = LBound(Data) To UBound(Data)
           ActiveDocument.FormFields(nameSel).DropDown.ListEntries.Add Data
(i)
       Next i
end if

I am unable to use the count or index functions for this as it needs to be
the item currently selected, not a "for next" loop, as somene could select
Dropdown1, then Dropdown8.

any advice on how to view the currently selected bookmark name from a form
field would be greatly received.