Microsoft KB Archive/125892

= WD: Ampersand Displays Incorrectly in Drop-Down Form Field =

Article ID: 125892

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q125892





SYMPTOMS
If you are creating a drop-down form field and one of your list items includes an ampersand (&), the resulting item in the drop-down list is missing the ampersand, and the character adjacent to the ampersand may be underlined. For example, "AT&T" may appear in the drop-down list as:   ATT - If you try to work around the problem by adding a second ampersand, the drop-down list correctly appears as "AT&T" (without the quotation marks), but when you select "AT&T," it appears in the form field box as the following:   AT&&T NOTE: Adding && results in "AT&T" in the drop-down display; however, when AT&T is selected, it appears as ATT and prints out as ATT on hard copy.

In Word 98 Macintosh Edition, use of the ampersand has the following effects:  Using a single ampersand, as in AT&T, does not cause the ampersand to appear, nor is the character next to the ampersand underlined, as in the following:

ATT

 Using a double ampersand, as in AT&&T, causes a single ampersand to appear, as in the following:

AT&T

The character next to the ampersand is not underlined. In both cases, pressing T does not select AT&T from the drop-down list.



CAUSE
By design, the ampersand is used to designate the shortcut key in drop-down lists for quick keyboard access. The shortcut key is underlined.

Additional query words: form field incorrect underlined underline drop down drop-down dropdown

Keywords: kbui kbforms kbprb kbfield KB125892

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