Drop-down list in MS Word

Using this MacBook, I have created a Template in MS Word 2004, and want to create a drop-down list containing perhaps 30 choices. The drop-down list available in Form Fields has a limit of 25 choices. There is an article at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/198561 explaining how to create a bigger combo-box, but I notice that the instructions in that article cannot be followed to the letter, because the steps that it dictates for the Entry Macro and the Text Form-field do not appear in this version of Word; and I certainly cannot get the result to work in the template.
I dare say that I have made some mistake through inexperience, but might it be that the version of MS Word in the Mac-version will not permit me to do what I am trying to do ?

Since this question is about a Microsoft product, you might have more luck getting suggestions if you ask in Microsoft's own forums.
Good luck.

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For Word, I would recommend posting in the Office for Mac forum: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac. For Pages, I would recommend posting in the Pages forum: https://discussions.apple.com/community/iwork/pages.

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Paul's answer is correct.
Since this is a Word IT forum for Windows, in the future you should use the
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Hi Ethan,
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Rafael
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Dear All,
I have developed a form in SFP which containes a drop down list.The drop down list is to be populated by an internal table field.
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