How to Create a Drop-Down List in Microsoft Word

So you want to be able to create a drop-down list in your Microsoft Word document. This video tutorial takes you through the steps to achieve this and also explains how to protect the drop-down from being deleted.

Table of Contents:

00:00 - Introduction
00:08 - Show the Developer tab
00:30 - Insert the drop-down list
00:48 - Add items to the drop-down list
01:37 - Protect the drop-down from being deleted
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[sandymacdonald]

Thanks for the straight forward tutorial. I looked at others however they went too fast for me to keep up and I got frustrated after the fourth time of going back and listening and then found you. Would be great to have another tutorial on how to amend the drop down boxes (although I did manage to work that out by myself). Thanks again!

[heathergentlyinthewind]

Didn't even know this existed! Great tip!!

[NOMANKHANOfficial]

love from Pakistan... your way of teaching is Magnificent

[nicholletteeast]

thank you for making this seemingly difficult task very straight forward. I will make sure to subscribe to your channel. 👍👍

[teoxengineer]

Very good 👍
Please make some VBA tutorials regarding Word

[sjgmt]

Thanks very easy to understand. Is there a way to copy the dropdown list with properties to another cell?

[ginabarrell]

Thanks for this. How do I delete the [ and ] at the beginning and end of each of the fields I've created?

[ChristinaSrensen-cqiz]

I would love to watch a video where you show how to use the drop down list, with diffrent valuse under name and value. (that is the title in the drop down list, is diffrent from the one shown, when choosing it, example: drop down list with names, and when you click on a name, the phone number of the chosen person will appear). I found out this might invovle the use of a macro. - Thanks:)

[Slydeil]

Very informative and easy to follow. There's one frustrating thing which is different to the previous versions and that's the text "Choose an item" cannot be changed.

[guadalupearagon]

Extremely useful! Ty, Ty, Ty and I am getting a message from "Checking Accessibility" that the font is too small and too light. I found other videos showing how to increase the font and change color. I do everything it says and the only thing it changes is the color around the drop down! Boo can you pls guide me??? Sincerely Grateful, Guadalupe!

[bsb]

Is there a way to populate the options for the drop down menu without having to input each item individually?

[davidhamaty]

Thanks for the video. Is it possible to have symbols as options in the drop down? I'm having difficulties making this happen.

[bethforsythe]

How do you add values that are longer. It only allows about a sentence, but I need to add a paragraph for each option.

[melanieventer]

Thank you, so simple and easy! I need help though.... I have created a Multi select dropdown list using your code, I just did not use the "comma" portion as, in my case, I need to have the selections listed below each other, without the comment. I have added this Multi selection drop-down to an entire column and in my drop-down I have 26 selections that can be made (the selection options consists of text / sentences). With the selection being all in 1 Cell per row..how can I get a summarized view of how many times each of the 26 options have been selected in the sheet (my sheet is for auditing purposes and is dependent on showing a summarized result... Any help will be appreciated!

[henkoudeman]

Very helpfull, tx!
One question: how can you change the langage in the vacant cell with a dropdown box: I want to change "Choose an item" in Spanish.

[johnpoole]

Is there anyway to create a drop down list on word whereby you can make multiple selections from the list?

[ceciljoseph]

What do you do if you need more than 25 options? I need to create a selection wheel/dropdown for age. There has to be a way to do this.

[mohammedarifulla]

Can you do a video to add a multiple selection dropdown list on ms word

[kayw]

Anyone wanting to edit the text "Choose and item": Click on Design Mode to turn it on. You can now select the text "Choose an item"and edit it to whatever you want." Then turn Design Mode off, done : )

[JavaZombie]

What if you need to have a drop down for every item on a list? How do you repeat these in 25 spaces below?