Forms? Checkboxes? Gray Shading?

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<*(((><{ - 08 Mar 2006 09:26 GMT

    What have I got here? Some kind of a form -- it's got
checkboxes. If you click on one, you get a dialog box. They have
gray shading.

    I want to keep the checkboxes, and I'd like a user to pick one
and check it. But I don't want the dialog boxes or the gray shading.

    I'm dealing with something new -- for me. ;-) Using Word 2000 on
XP Home.

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Charles Kenyon - 08 Mar 2006 14:00 GMT

Looks like a checkbox from the forms toolbar. These are supposed to be used
with the document protected for forms. There are a number of ways to create
and use clickable checkboxes in documents / templates. Some require
protected or locked forms, others do not. Take a look at the Checkbox
template available at
http://www.addbalance.com/word/download.htm#CheckboxAddIn for an exploration
of these.

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> What have I got here? Some kind of a form -- it's got
> checkboxes. If you click on one, you get a dialog box. They have
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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 08 Mar 2006 15:04 GMT

Display the Forms toolbar. Click the Form Field Shading button to turn off
the the shading and the Protect Form (padlock) button to lock the form. Then
your checkbox should work as designed.

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> What have I got here? Some kind of a form -- it's got
> checkboxes. If you click on one, you get a dialog box. They have
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<*(((><{ - 10 Mar 2006 01:35 GMT

Thank you, Charles & Suzanne -- I got it to work.

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In the last exciting episode on Wed, 8 Mar 2006 09:04:24 -0600,

>Display the Forms toolbar. Click the Form Field Shading button to turn off
>the the shading and the Protect Form (padlock) button to lock the form. Then
>your checkbox should work as designed.

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