This example displays the text of the item selected in the drop-down form field named "Colors."
Set myDrop = ActiveDocument.FormFields("Colors").DropDown
MsgBox myDrop.ListEntries(myDrop.Value).Name
This example adds "Seattle" to the drop-down form field named "Places" in Form.doc.
With Documents("Form.doc").FormFields("Places") _
.DropDown.ListEntries
.Add Name:="Seattle"
End With