forms drop down limit

[David French]

Windows XP SP2
Office XP

There is apparently a 25 entry limit to the number of items that may be
entered into a Word Drop Down field.
Is there a way to either increase this or another method for longer lists?
We would like a drop down for the numeric days of the month.

Dave French

 

[Jay Freedman]

Windows XP SP2
Office XP

There is apparently a 25 entry limit to the number of items that may be
entered into a Word Drop Down field.
Is there a way to either increase this or another method for longer lists?
We would like a drop down for the numeric days of the month.

Dave French

The 25-item limit for dropdown form fields can't be changed.

You can make a userform (custom dialog box) that pops up when the
cursor enters a text form field, and a combo box or list box on the
userform can contain as many entries as you want. This will require
some macro programming. Instructions are at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306258. Also see
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm.

Alternatively, you can insert an ActiveX combo box from the Controls
Toolbox toolbar. This also requires macro programming. See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnword2k2/html/odc_activeX.asp.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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