Currently, you can have up to 10 DropDown Lists displaying on your screen at one time. (For those who have not yet tried DropDown Lists, it is a 'must-try' feature. A DropDown List is an always-on, always-active list of the contents of a designated folder. It allows you to place, with a single click of your mouse, any document or term into the active or a new document. No navigation required!
Click here to read more about this powerful tool..)
For some authors, 10 is just not enough. There have been calls for 15 and 20 Lists. However, we have found when experimenting with the 'right number' that more than 10 becomes visually unappealing if not downright confusing on the eyes. 'Lists' also take up a lot of screen 'real estate.'
No, a different solution had to be found. And the suggestion for the solution came from a user. (Thanks, Rick!)
"Why not allow us to save the Lists that are currently displaying as a single group. I can then create another set of Lists which may be totally or partially different. Let me save that as well. Then each group can be successively called and recalled (and saved if changed). Only 10 will show at one time, but I'll have immediate access to many more." Great idea! Done!
So, if you need more that 10 DropDown Lists, the solution now exists. Save what you have as a 'Collection1'. Then, create a second group of Lists (perhaps for a different office function, for a different client, whatever) and save that one out as "Collection2'. As needed, switch between the two Collections in two clicks of the mouse.
This provides (at least for right now) 20 permanent DropDown Lists. (After beta testing we plan to allow up to 5 collections. But, will even that be enough . . .?)
