how to make a drop down menu in wps writer

Sometimes we want to add a feature that usually doesn't exist in the report that we are making in word processing applications such as Microsoft Word, WPS Writer, etc.

 

In this tutorial, I will give you an unusual feature, such as entering a drop down menu that is usually found in an application or website to hide other options in a certain category.

 

For the tutorial on making a drop down menu this time I will use wps writer which is an alternative word processing software from microsoft word because wps is free so all of you can follow this tutorial. You can download this wps software for free via their website, namely wps.com.

 

For those of you who want to know more about how to download and install WPS software, please read the article below via the link provided

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• Open the app

If you already have the required WPS software, then let's open wps or create a new docx file in file explorer and then open it in the wps writer application as shown below

By left-clicking in the file explorer then clicking new(box1) then selecting docx document(box2) after the file is created and then opening it with wps writer(box3) or double clicking the file(box4)

 

• Creating drop down menus

Then directly add a dropdown menu into the document file by clicking where the drop down will appear (box1) then we look for it in the insert toolbox (box2) above, then we look for the dropdown button or option on the top right (box3) after the option is clicked it will there is a display similar to a box (box4) as shown below

After the drop down has been successfully created (box4), then we will set it by double clicking the box so that options appear as shown below

I will explain a little about the features in the drop down menu as shown above, starting with the 3 options on the right

(box1) there is add to add options, edit to change options and delete to delete the next selection

(box2) fill the place where the last choice was made

(box3) up and down arrows to set the order of selection

After finishing setting the options as desired then we click OK.

 

After the menu disappears, you must have seen that in the previous box, there are already the first words (choice) (box4) *see the image above from the drop down menu that we set but there is no other option to view or create a drop down menu what is complete, you have to move the wps writer mode to protect form (box1) as shown below

After the mode is changed you can see the drop down menu is complete (box2). 

 

As you already know, if we activate the protect form, we can no longer edit the existing text, but if the protect form is disabled, we can re-edit the existing text. And the finished drop down menu will not be able to be used if the file is changed to another type such as pdf or others that do not have a protect form.

 

Alright, here's the tutorial this time, the closing paragraph above is a disadvantage of using the drop down menu in wps writer. But hopefully this tutorial can still be useful for you, if you have any questions, please comment below.