Hi David,
I think you may be confusing Form (ActiveX) controls with
Word's form fields. They aren't the same thing, and don't
have the same properties. I believe the one you were reading
up on in the Help can be found in the Control Toolbox
toolbar.
Quote:
> In Word 2002, there is a property that can be set
> (according to Help) for the values in teh drop down list,
> which "Determines whether the first item appears in the
> box and whether the first item is selected by default.".
> The property is defined as "Selected", but I cannot find
> anywhere where this value is set? When double clicking on
> the form field, or right click property, these values are
> not there to set?
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
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