MUltiple choices from drop down box

[Kim K]

In excel I can make a drop down box and select multiple choices if the user
requires more than one selction to complete the answer. Can this be done in
Word?

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

In excel I can make a drop down box and select multiple choices if the user
requires more than one selction to complete the answer. Can this be done in
Word?

Look at the ListBox control on the Controls toolbox. But, if you are going
to distribute your document, there are problems with ActiveX controls.

This is why we need more infromation regarding the type of document you are
working on and the version of Office you are using.

 

[Kim K]

GOod morning! I am using word 07 (users will be using 03 adn 03 so all docs
have been done in .dot format).

I need to have a list box in which the user can select multiple choices.
Heres how it need sto wprk, drop down box "A" will list primary disability, I
need a list box that will enalbe the user to select all relating secondary
disabilities which can be as many as 4-5. HELP?

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

GOod morning! I am using word 07 (users will be using 03 adn 03 so all docs
have been done in .dot format).

I need to have a list box in which the user can select multiple choices.
Heres how it need sto wprk, drop down box "A" will list primary disability, I
need a list box that will enalbe the user to select all relating secondary
disabilities which can be as many as 4-5. HELP?

Looks like you are designing a form. For more info, go to
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm
On that page, there are 5 links to Dian Chapman' series of articles that
will show you everyting you need to know about forms...

 

[Kim K]

no not a fill in the blank, this is a choices menu, can I create (and how) a
listbox of combo box that will allow for multiple answers. Secondary
disabilities can be more than one so I need tha bility to select more than
one instead of creating 5 seperate drop down menus ...............

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

no not a fill in the blank, this is a choices menu, can I create (and how) a
listbox of combo box that will allow for multiple answers. Secondary
disabilities can be more than one so I need tha bility to select more than
one instead of creating 5 seperate drop down menus ...............

Yes, I know... I did understand your requirements.
What you want should be done through the use of a protected form. Again, as
I wrote in my previous reply, got to that page and look at the 5 links that
will teach you how to create a form, which maybe a "Fill-in the blank" or a
"Select items in this list" type of form. A form is still a form, regardless
of the design type or content.

If you do not want to use a form, use the list box from the Controls toolbar
(ActiveX controls), but those may create a a security-issue problem if you
distribute your document to other users whose Office/Windows settings maybe
different from yours. The only way to make sure that there are no security
issues, is to use a form...

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

For what you want to do, you cannot use formfields, but must use a userform.

See the article "How to create a Userform" at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm

Then what you need is what has been referred to as cascading listboxes,
where you populate a listbox (or combobox) with a series of items that are
dependent upon a choice made in a previous listbox (or combobox).

To see how to do that, see the Cascading Listboxes section of the following
page on fellow MVP Greg Maxey's website:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Populate_UserForm_ListBox.htm

In your case, as you want to be able to select multiple symptoms, it will be
a listbox that you need to display those and it will need to have it's
multiselect property set to True.

To see how to get hold of the items that have been selected in the listbox,
see the article "How to find out which Items are selected in a Multi-Select
ListBox" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/GetMultiSelectValues.htm




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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP