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How do you create drop down list in Word 2007?

New to Word 2007... Can someone please walk me through creating a drop down list of choices in word 07? Can this template be protected so no changes can be made to it after the list is made? Thanks in advance! M

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1. You can't. Word isn't for forms.
2. Well, there MIGHT be a way... I don't believe that Word has any feature set up for drop down lists, but I KNOW that Excel does. I also know that Word lets you insert Excel spreadsheets into your documents. Unfortunately, if all you want is the textbox, there will probably be a whole lot more table than you want to deal with. I unfortunately have the new Office Suite, so my walkthrough will only be so useful... Insert>Excel Spreadsheet In the spreadsheet that you just inserted, select the cell you want the list box to be in. Then, Data>Data Validation Then select Allow: List. Type all of the possible entries that you want in the list, separated by commas. As for making it unchangable, I believe that that has to do with "locking" the cells. You'll have to do a help search on that one though. I don't recall ever having to use that feature.