Re: Popup in a Form

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From: Dudley (Dudley_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/19/04 

Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 03:27:03 -0700

Thanks for the offer to provide sample code to get the job started, that
would be excellent.
You can either post it here or e-mail me direct at dudl11 at hotmail.com

Dudley

"Bill Foley" wrote:

> You could create a Userform that gets opened on an "Entry" macro into the
> field. You can then set it up that the name selected populates the field.
> Of course it requires macros, which tends to scare some folks, but I could
> provide an example if you want.
>
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> "Dudley" <Dudley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C5AEFF7B-E804-4666-B5C8-065A802B6068@microsoft.com...
> > I have gotten pretty good at creating foms in Word 2002 using the tools on
> > the Forms toolbar. I have a somewhat more sophisticated request from a
> > manager.
> > Instead of using a Drop-down list in the form to select from a list of
> name,
> > such as John, Mary, Tom, is it possible to have a popup appear when tabing
> > into a field. The pop-up would then present the list of names to the user
> of
> > the form, and could be selected with the mouse.
> >
> > This would be useful for a group of VERY unsophisticated users who do not
> > always understand that they must click the drop-down arrow to display the
> > list. It would relieve our help desk of unnecessary calls. Drop-downs
> (or
> > hopefully a popup) are necessary due to the fact that these forms
> ultimately
> > become printed legal documents, the data must be validated or we could
> have
> > long term difficulties.
> >
> > Thank you for any suggestions.
>
>
>

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