Drop down form field

KMK · External Since: Oct 30, 2009 Posts: 1

It appears you can only use 50 characters in creating a drop down menu item.
Is there a way to expand the number of characters for each menu option?
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Jay Freedman · External Since: Mar 17, 2004 Posts: 2955

On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:40:01 -0700, KMK
<KMK DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>It appears you can only use 50 characters in creating a drop down menu item.
>Is there a way to expand the number of characters for each menu option?

The dropdown form field is absolutely limited to 25 entries of at most
50 characters each. To work around this, you need to create a userform
(custom dialog) with a listbox. See these articles:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/FormField_UserForm_ListBox.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306258

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Graham Mayor · External Since: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 4677

You can however *insert* more text than the dropdown will accommodate - see
http://www.gmayor.com/SelectFile.htm

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KMK wrote:
> It appears you can only use 50 characters in creating a drop down
> menu item. Is there a way to expand the number of characters for each
> menu option?