Microsoft KB Archive/211319

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WD2000: How to Automatically Display Drop-Down Form Field Contents

Article ID: 211319

Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q211319

SUMMARY

This article describes how to use an on-entry macro to automatically display the contents of a drop-down form field when you press the TAB key to enter a form field.

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For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

Create the following macro and then add the macro as an Entry macro to your form field. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Open the form to which you want to add this functionality.
2. On the Tools menu, click Unprotect Document.
3. On the Tools menu, point to Macro and then click Macros.
4. In the Macros dialog box, change the Macros in box to the document name that contains your form. In the Macro name box, type AutoDropDown and click Create.

5. In the Microsoft Visual Basic code window, type the macro to look similar to the following example:

   Sub AutoDropDown()
      SendKeys "%{down}"
   End Sub
                       

6. On the File menu, click Close and Return to Microsoft Word.
7. In your Word document (form), double-click your drop-down form field.
8. In the Drop-Down Form Field Options dialog box, change the Entry box to AutoDropDown and click OK.
9. On the Tools menu, click Protect Document.
10. In the Protect Document dialog box, click to select Forms and then click OK.

When you press TAB to enter your drop-down form field, the entry macro causes your form field to automatically drop down, so you can select one of the entries.

For more information about SendKeys, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type SendKeys in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

REFERENCES

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic forApplications

Additional query words: kbmacro vba

Keywords: kbinfo kbmacroexample KB211319

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