Hi,
I just want to know if its possible at all to have different form fields appear depending on what is selected in a drop down menu?



If so is there any good tutorial pages that would show how to do this.?.

Yes, it's possible, but you need to tell us more about what kind of form it is. For example, is it a userform? Or is it a document using: (a) formfields; or (b) content controls?

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Thanks for the reply macropod.

I'm thinking this would be a userform. I'm just trying to come up with a way of instead of having multiple forms I just have one and the layout and fields will be different depending on what type of request is selected in a drop down menu.

Again, you'd have to provide a lot more information before any specific advice could be given. Do note that anything involving userforms or content controls will require some programming, as may something involving formfields. The choice of tools and depends on the specifics of what you're trying to achieve. For a simple demo of what can be done with content controls, for example, see: https://www.msofficeforums.com/word-...html#post46903

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Basically I'm trying to create a customer request form. My department deals with installing, deleting & changing printer set ups on print servers. We also create and maintain supply chain labels.

Unfortunatley when we get a request in it never has the information we need so I want to create a template that they will be required to fill in.

I don't want to create 4 different word documents, instead I would like to create just one. One of the fields would be a drop down menu for the request type and depending on what they select here this would determine what subsequent fields would appear on the form.

I know there are request tools to do this kind of work e.g. Remedy but it doesn't look as if we'll get to customize it to what we need so I'm trying to come up with an easy to fill out form.

Rather than a userform, I'd suggest using the document itself as a form. Attached are three documents, showing how you can use a dropdown content control to:
a) modify the options in another dropdown;
b) vary the text in another dropdown;
c) repeat content somewhere else in the document.
These techniques can be combined into a single document to create a fairly rich form. Although each example uses another content control as the container for the output, the variable and repeated text could be sent to, say, a table cell or a bookmark.

Attached Files

Content Controls.zip (98.4 KB, 22 views)

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Many thanks for that macropod. Think I should be able to come up with something from these.