drop down list content control

Question

I have created a drop down list form field, with various items in the text added. The problem is how do i work it? The other word verions had a lock and unlock icon.

Answer 1

Assuming you do have a content control as you wrote in the subject line, and not a dropdown form field from the Legacy Controls button:

Content controls don't require any kind of locking or protection to operate, the way form fields do. You just click the down arrow on the right side of the control, and the list opens for selecting an item.

If you want the equivalent of forms protection -- so that only the content controls can be changed -- select the whole document, click the Group button on the right side of the Controls group, and choose Group from the menu.

If you really do have a dropdown form field from the Legacy Controls button, you can add the Lock button to the Quick Access Toolbar by going to the Customize dialog and choosing the category "Commands Not in the Ribbon". Note that forms protection and the newer content controls sometimes don't play nicely together.

totalbeginer wrote:

I have created a drop down list form field, with various items in the

text added. The problem is how do i work it? The other word verions

had a lock and unlock icon.

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Jay Freedman

MS Word MVP  FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Answer 2

To know more about content controls in word 2010 click on the link below:-

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb157891.aspx