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About Suzanne S. Barnhill
Expertise
I've been using Word for Windows since version 2.0 (1992), and the more I learn about it, the more I realize how little I know. But I may know a few things that you don't, and I'll help if I can. I answer many questions every day in Microsoft's peer support newsgroups and as a result have been awarded the MVP (Most Valuable Professional) designation by Microsoft Corporation. You may be able to find the answer to your question at the Word MVPs' FAQ site or at my own Word FAQ site, so please check those first! Please, no questions about VBA (macros), Registry editing, networks, or complex merges, as I have no experience with these aspects of Word, nor do I have any experience with Word for the Mac.

Experience
I have a master's degree in classics (Latin), which is surprisingly helpful, though I no longer teach. The things I am proudest of: Having raised two children to maturity, both Merit Scholars, both college graduates (one a philosophy major!), one Phi Beta Kappa (from Harvard!); having been made a Paul Harris Fellow by my Rotary club; having been designated a Microsoft MVP.

Education/Credentials
B.A. (Latin), Agnes Scott College, 1966; M.A. (Classics), Emory University, 1972.

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Microsoft Word - Word Forms Calendar dropdown?

Expert: Suzanne S. Barnhill - 7/3/2009

Question
Using Word 2003, I wand to use Forms to include a drop-down box (or something like it) to populate the field with fure dates. The format something like:
Delegate Authority from ________ to ___________ (dates) and the user would click on a box or chicklet to pull up a calendar that can be advanced to future months and the user click on dates to populate the associated fields. Can this be done, is there an easy way?

Answer
Word does not offer this ability in a protected form in Word 2003, but if you can use a UserForm instead, you can see http://www.gmayor.com/popup_calendar.htm for instructions on how to insert a popup calendar.

For more on UserForms, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms/CreateAUserForm.htm and/or
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Create_and_employ_a_UserForm.htm

Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word) 1999-2009

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