Dropdown list in a barcode form

Hi,
As I develop my form in LiveCycle designer, I'm setting a drop down list in the form. As seen on the tutorials we have to input the data to for the drop down list one by one.
Can the list be imported from an excel file to make it easier?
Thank you
-Raja-

You can add a list of options to a drop-down list or list box by copying data in tab-delimited form from Microsoft Excel or a text editor.
Note, the data must be in a row format (key-values) rather than a columnar format, as shown below.
Highlight the applicable cells in the spreadsheet and do a copy (Ctrl-C) to place the data on the clipboard. Go to the drop-down list in Designer and click the clipboard copy icon to paste the keys into the object’s list of items.
Steve

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I see blank value being added to the value list by default to dropdown lists in adobe interactive forms. The real issue is it's being added sometimes as the first value or last value in the drop down list of values which is inconsistent and resulting in Errors sometimes.
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Edited by: SANKEERTH D on Aug 22, 2011 1:46 PM

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