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Old 11-23-2021, 09:56 AM
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I have a form, it is a contract, that has a combobox with a whole lot of names in it. And I have several areas throughout the contract where the same name is used. I would like to select the name once using the combobox and have the selected name fill in the text boxes elsewhere in the document. Is there a way to do this?

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Old 11-23-2021, 10:48 AM
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In Word a ComboBox is not a field. It is either a Content Control (best) or a legacy ActiveX control. Which are you using.

Note ActiveX controls are deprecated features that only work in Windows versions of Word.
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Old 11-23-2021, 11:06 AM
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I am using the legacy content control
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Old 11-23-2021, 11:09 AM
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I am using the legacy content control
This is meaningless.

If it is a legacy ActiveX combobox I urge you to switch to a Content Control unless your document needs to be used on Word 2003 or earlier.


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Old 11-23-2021, 11:32 AM
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Here you go. They are both on the first page, i was trying to get it to work.
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Old 11-23-2021, 01:58 PM
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You have Content Controls, legacy Form Fields, and legacy ActiveX controls in your document. These are not compatible.

I strongly urge you to change to only Content Controls. As is, your form is unworkable.
For using Content Controls, see:
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Old 11-23-2021, 02:11 PM
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I will read those to understand Content Controls. Thank you so much!

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