How can I use an excel spreadsheet to fill out a drop in Adobe Pro forms?

I'm currently building several forms with drop downs.  I already have the drop down information in an excel worksheet.  I am trying to find a way to copy this information to complete the option in a drop-down list of the forms.  This turns out to be much more difficult that I thought it would be.  Does anyone have experience with this?  I don't know what additional information is needed, but I'll be happy to elaborate.

Thank you!

Donna

If you do not need to include values for export, you can use this form of demo, which you can copy & paste elements to a worksheet in the form and populate the drop-down list: http://www.acroscript.net/pdf/demos/comboPopulateTest.pdf

This demo is more discussed in this previous thread: import data to Excel for Drop Down Box

If you would be interested to test a JavaScript utility that is much more functional and easier to use, let me know: [email protected]

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