Joanne
Thu Sep 06 09:58:08 CDT 2007
Thank you so much! You are probably a genius.
"Jay Freedman" wrote:
> Joanne wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I have a form with a drop down list with 63 entries. I found out
> > that the drop down in a form will only accept 25 entries. This is
> > really a very simple form and I was wondering if anyone has a good
> > workaround to get more than 25 entries into a drop down list. Thank
> > you for any help you can provide.
>
> The dropdown form field that you can put into the body of a document has an
> absolute limit of 25 items, and there are no tricks to enlarge it.
>
> The main alternative is to use a combo box in a UserForm (a custom dialog),
> as described in
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306258. There's also an
> introduction to UserForms at
>
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm.
>
> You may be tempted to use a combo box from the Control Toolbox, which is
> similar to the one available for UserForms but can be placed in the document
> body. I'd recommend against it, though. Look at the "Appropriateness for
> Task" section of
>
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa140269(office.10).aspx to see
> why.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
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