WD97: Ampersand Displays Incorrectly in Drop-Down Form Field (196516)

SYMPTOMS

If you are creating a drop-down form field and one of your list items includes an ampersand (&), the resulting item in the drop-down list is missing the ampersand, and the character adjacent to the ampersand may be underlined. For example, "AT&T" may appear in the drop-down list as:

   ATT
     -
				

If you try to work around the problem by adding a second ampersand, the drop-down list correctly displays "AT&T" (without the quotation marks), but when you select "AT&T," it appears in the form field box as

   AT&&T
				

NOTE: Adding && results in "AT&T" in the drop-down display; however, when AT&T is selected, it appears as ATT and prints out as ATT on hard copy.

In Word 97 for Windows, use of the ampersand has the following effects:

• Using a single ampersand, as in AT&T, does not cause the ampersand to appear, but the character next to the ampersand is underlined, as in the following:

        ATT
          -
  						

  In this case, pressing T selects ATT from the drop-down list.
• Using a double ampersand, as in AT&&T, causes a single ampersand to appear, as in the following:

        AT&T
  						

  The character next to the ampersand is not underlined. In this case, pressing T does not select AT&T from the drop-down list.