automation in templates/forms

[Amy Browning]

Does anyone know if it is possible to create a form/template that works like
this...
Once you select a certain thing from a drop-down menu you've created, then,
specific text - only pertaining to that selection - will appear? Each
selection in the drop-down menu would need different text to follow.
Thanks!
Amy

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Yes. You would seldom use vba to do so, though, assuming that you are
talking about a drop-down field in an online form. Use IF fields that test
for your drop-down result and give you the text you want.

If you are not talking about a form drop-down but want a true menu, you
could save your result texts as AutoText entries, give those entries names
that you want on your menu, and create a menu of the AutoText. Again,
without using vba. http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoText.htm For
a middle ground - a drop down in the document but not using an online form,
you would use an AutoTextList field.
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/AutoTextList.htm
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