Hi Aaron,
For a dropdown you should be able to use
[VBA]ActiveDocument.FormFields("DropdownBookmarkName").Result[/VBA]
to get the string, or
[VBA]ActiveDocument.FormFields("DropdownBookmarkName").Dropdown.Value[/VBA]
to get the number in the list, which you can use as an index into
[VBA]ActiveDocument.FormFields("DropdownBookmarkName").Dropdown.ListEntries[/VBA]
For a text field, for some odd reason, you are better off using
[VBA]ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("TextFieldBookmarkName").Fields(1).Result[/VBA]