Conditional Format drop-down box

**omarq** · 01-30-2012, 07:40 AM

Hi,

I have a drop down box in word 2010 with the options "YES", "NO" and "N/A". I want to have conditional formatting for different color & font depending which is chose. e.g:

Yes = green
No = bold & red
N/A = gray

is there a way to do this?

Thanks in advance.

**macropod** · 01-31-2012, 05:56 AM

Hi omarq,

You could do that via an 'on exit' macro attached to the formfield and coded as:

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where 'Dropdown1' is the formfield's internal bookmark name.

**omarq** · 01-31-2012, 06:05 PM

Thanks. I can't seem to get that working. Nothing seems to happen when i click and exit the form...

**macropod** · 02-02-2012, 09:34 PM

Is this for a dropdown formfield, or something else? If not for a dropdown formfield, then what?

**omarq** · 02-17-2012, 07:15 AM

Ahh.. yes, sorry i was using a combobox. is it possible to do with that in word 2010?

thanks

**macropod** · 02-18-2012, 07:24 AM

You can't apply different colors to your different combobox entries - they must all be the same color. Document content can be any color.

**wmurugan** · 08-23-2012, 02:58 AM

I need a similar help
Please see the code below.. the dropdown is unable to refresh with the change in list..basically it stays in the first choice "green" font for all selection. Also instead of font color change, i need to include the background color change accordingly. Any help is appreciated

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**arlu1201** · 08-23-2012, 03:13 AM

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**JustnTime** · 10-24-2012, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by omarq

Hi,

I have a drop down box in word 2010 with the options "YES", "NO" and "N/A". I want to have conditional formatting for different color & font depending which is chose. e.g:

Yes = green
No = bold & red
N/A = gray

is there a way to do this?

Thanks in advance.

The answer I believe is (assuming you've enabled the Developer Tab) click on the drop down box (any of them, or the 1 you want to change) , click on the Developer tab, click on [U]Properties, when the box opens, be sure to check the box Use style to format contents, then the New Style box will come alive and click on that, then click on the down arrow next to Automatic and select your color.
You might also want to change the font style too?
Good luck