How do I add a combobox in a word document without creating a form? Is there a possible way? I've seen comboboxes in Excel, is it possible in word?
Word – How to add a combobox in Word
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If you have Acrobat Pro installed, you probably have the bundled Adobe LiveCycle 8 installed, as well. (Found in Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 8.0\Designer 8.0\FormDesigner.exe)
There is an option when creating a new form: Import a Word Document
I haven't tried it because it's apparently incompatible with Word 2007 but I think it was designed for 97-2003.
Give that a try and let us know if it works!
Sorry this was not answered sooner. If you still need to know how to do this, here is what I do.
In Word, select the Insert ribbon, choose Object. On the Object window (screen shot below), select the Create From File tab. Browse to find the file you want to imbed. Then check the box for Display As Icon. Click OK and it will place an in on your page.
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You have to write VBA (macro) code in the Document_New and Document_Open procedures.
The simplest method, if the contents of the list will always be the same, is to use something like
Private Sub Document_New()
With ComboBox1
.AddItem "one"
.AddItem "two"
' etc.
.ListIndex = 0
End With
End Sub
You'd need the same thing in Document_Open, because the combo box doesn't store the list in the document file when the document is closed.
If you need to get values from a database, see the combo box part of the article at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwor...2/html/