Drop down menu with different value to display name

[swsquish]

I want to create a drop down menu where the value shown after clickin
the display name is different. For example when clicking the drop dow
menu you would see diagnoses "acute respiratory failure" but when yo
select it it will fill show the value "518.5". I'm trying to create
small billing card.

Is there any way to do this without writing a macro? I am a typica
Word user, so I have no idea of the complexities of use. I'm jus
learning to use the Developer tab, so please understand I'm a bit o
newbie.

Thanks for any help

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This could be done with an AutoTextList field, depending on what version of
Word you have (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/AutoTextList.htm).
Ordinarily you would have a brief name for your AutoText entry that would
insert a longer text string, but there's no reason you can't do it the other
way round.

"swsquish" wrote in message

I want to create a drop down menu where the value shown after clicking
the display name is different. For example when clicking the drop down
menu you would see diagnoses "acute respiratory failure" but when you
select it it will fill show the value "518.5". I'm trying to create a
small billing card.

Is there any way to do this without writing a macro? I am a typical
Word user, so I have no idea of the complexities of use. I'm just
learning to use the Developer tab, so please understand I'm a bit of
newbie.

Thanks for any help.