Initialized Dropdown Not Populating Doc

I have created an input form for a Word 2003 document that contains various dropdowns, option buttons & text boxes. These are in turn used to determine which string various docVariables inserted throughout the document will be assigned for their value.

I initialized the all of these controls so that if the user misses one it won't generate an error in the document.

However, just one of these dropdowns generates an error if I leave it as it is initialized. If I click in the dropdown, even without changing it, it does not generate an error. Can someone help me find my error?

Code:

Private Sub UserForm_Initialize() 'Populate the dropdowns With Input_Selections StatusList.AddItem "single" StatusList.AddItem "widow" StatusList.AddItem "widower" NumKidsList.AddItem "zero (0)" NumKidsList.AddItem "one (1)" '... 'Set Default for Dropdowns StatusList.Value = "single" NumKidsList.Value = "zero (0)" '... TrustBox.SetFocus End With End Sub Private Sub SubmitBtn_Click() '... Dim StatusStr As String '... Dim NumKidsStr As String Dim NameKidsStr As String '... 'Populate number of children 'This boolean tests whether children have ever lived to populate a single entry in the doc OptKidB = False NumKidsStr = NumKidsList.Value 'ActiveDocument.Variables.Add Name:="NumKidsV", Value:=" " 'ActiveDocument.Variables.Add Name:="KidNamesV", Value:=" " If NumKidsList.Value = "zero (0)" Then 'No kids so terminate sentence in doc NameKidsStr = ". " Else OptKidB = True NameKidsStr = "namely, " Dim TotalKids As Integer Dim i As Integer TotalKids = NumKidsList.ListIndex 'Kids names filled in by looping through names & dob array. If end 'of array, period added. If not, semicolon added For i = 0 To TotalKids NameKidsStr = NameKidsStr & KidNameArray(i) & ", born " & KidDOBArray(i) If i = TotalKids Then NameKidsStr = NameKidsStr & ". " Else NameKidsStr = NameKidsStr & "; " End If Next i End If ActiveDocument.Variables("NumKidsV").Value = NumKidsStr ActiveDocument.Variables("KidNamesV").Value = NameKidsStr