Can I change the maximum entries in a drop-down form field?

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crstructural - 31 Oct 2004 02:06 GMT

I am trying to set up a word .doc with several drop down form fields that
have approx. 35 entries in each. Word pops up a message that the maximum # of
entries is limited to 25. Can this be changed? Please go easy on me as I have
just started using the forms in word recently.

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Jay Freedman - 31 Oct 2004 05:39 GMT

>I am trying to set up a word .doc with several drop down form fields that
>have approx. 35 entries in each. Word pops up a message that the maximum # of
>entries is limited to 25. Can this be changed? Please go easy on me as I have
>just started using the forms in word recently.

The dropdown field from the Forms toolbar has an absolute limit of 25
items (and they're also limited to 50 characters per item) which is
pretty sad. :-( As explained at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=198561, the alternative is to
create a "userform" -- a custom dialog box -- containing a combo box.

A couple of other articles about creating a simple userform are
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm
http://www.dragondrop.com/wordcoding/word011a.asp

Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

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