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PowerShell document automation across OfficeIMO's document, spreadsheet, presentation, PDF, Project, Access, EPUB, invoicing, and conversion engines.

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Release OfficeIMO-v3.5.3
Language: C# Updated: 2026-11-03
Cmdlet

Get-OfficeWordDropDownList

Aliases: WordDropDownLists
Module
PSWriteOffice
Aliases
WordDropDownLists
Inputs
OfficeIMO.Word.WordDocument
Outputs
OfficeIMO.Word.WordDropDownList
Source
GetOfficeWordDropDownListCommand.cs:24 Edit on GitHub

Gets dropdown list content controls from a Word document.

Syntax

Get-OfficeWordDropDownList
[-Alias <String[]>]
[-Path] <String>
[-Tag <String[]>]
[<CommonParameters>]
#
Parameter set: Path
Get-OfficeWordDropDownList
[-Alias <String[]>]
-Document <WordDocument>
[-Tag <String[]>]
[<CommonParameters>]
#
Parameter set: Document

Examples

Check status dropdown controls.

$statusControls = Get-OfficeWordDropDownList -Path .\StatusForm.docx -Tag 'status-*'
$statusControls |
    Select-Object -Property Alias, Tag |
    Format-Table -AutoSize

Finds dropdown list content controls used for status capture in a Word form.

Parameters

-Alias String[] optional
Filter by dropdown list alias (wildcards supported).
-Path String requiredposition: 0aliases: FilePath, InputPathsets: Path
Path to the .docx file.
-Tag String[] optional
Filter by dropdown list tag (wildcards supported).
-Document WordDocument requiredpipeline: True (ByValue)sets: Document
Word document to read.

Common Parameters

This command supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable.

For more information, see about_CommonParameters.