Displaying text based on drop down selection

Hi,

I have created a nomination form that includes several different award categories. I have inserted a drop down list and I would like to be able to automatically display the award critera and information on how to apply for just the award that the user selects.

I can't use mail merge I don't think because the form will be sent out to people who won't have access to a source document.

Can this be done? If so, please share instructions.

I am using Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010.

Thank you!

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Elemantal

Create the form in Excel instead.

If not looks at the customization forums for more help with a code.

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Doug Robbins - MVP Office Apps & Services (Word)

What type of dropdown is it? If a legacy formfields dropdown as used in a document that is protected for forms, you can use a Select Case construction in a macro run on exit from the dropdown that evaluates the Result of the dropdown formfield and then sets the corresponding text to the Result to a TextInput FormField (or if the corresponding text is too long (>256 characters) have the macro code set the value of a variable in the document and have a docvariable field that will display that value as a result of the code updating the fields in the document.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill

You might try an AutoTextList field. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/AutoTextList.htm.

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Greg Maxey

Taking your question literally, the only automatic way (immediately after user selects with no requirement to exit or do anything else) is a custom content control change event. This is illustrated here:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tip_pages/content_control_magic_dropdowns.html

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