getting drop down arrows to show in a form
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From: Rob on 9 Apr 2010 17:21 I have created a form that uses several drop down fields. When I protect the document, and run the form, the fields do not show the drop down arrows until you actually click or tab to that specific field. Is there any way to create a drop down box that will show the drop down arrow always (like Microsoft does). I'm trying to make the form a little more "obvious" for users so that they'll know which fields are drop-down and which are free-form text. Thanks for your help.
From: Jay Freedman on 9 Apr 2010 22:47
For a dropdown form field in a protected document, there is no such option. Probably the best you can do with that is to make the first list item say "Click to select..." or something of that sort. Instead of a protected form, you could create a userform (http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm) that gathers the information and inserts it into the document. Dropdowns in a userform have much more flexible options than form fields, and by default they show the down arrow at all times (although that's configurable). -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 14:21:01 -0700, Rob <Rob(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I have created a form that uses several drop down fields. When I protect the >document, and run the form, the fields do not show the drop down arrows until >you actually click or tab to that specific field. > >Is there any way to create a drop down box that will show the drop down >arrow always (like Microsoft does). I'm trying to make the form a little >more "obvious" for users so that they'll know which fields are drop-down and >which are free-form text. > >Thanks for your help. |