Issues wtih Inserting a Checkbox

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Ray - 09 Jun 2004 20:02 GMT

Hi,

I am building a form in Word 2002 and i'm tryin to add a
checkbox. The Help instructions say i need to:

1.Place my cursor where i want to insert the box
2. Choose from the toolbar: Insert-Field-MacroButton-
CheckBoxFormField

I did that but when i press okay to accept the changes,
the box does not appear on my form. I don't know what i'm
doing wrong. Please Help!

Ray

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Chad DeMeyer - 09 Jun 2004 20:34 GMT

Ray,

I'm not familiar with that method of getting the CheckBoxFormField, but I
haven't worked with anything later than Word 2000 yet. However, the way
that I insert checkboxes, and this should work in later versions of Word, is
to display the Forms toolbar and click the specific button provided for
inserting checkboxes.

Regards,
Chad DeMeyer

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- 09 Jun 2004 21:20 GMT

Chad,

Thanks for your assistance. It successfully added the
checkbox for me. Is there a way the user can just click on
the box and it automatically populate instead of bringing
up the "Check Box Form Field Option" menu? It's now given
me options to change the size of the box, select "checked"
or "unchecked", Run Macro....

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Chad DeMeyer - 09 Jun 2004 21:59 GMT

Ray,

In order to use formfields in a form, the document has to be Protected For
Forms. For more information, refer to the following which I lifted from a
Frequently Asked Questions message that is posted weekly in several of these
newsgroups:

"18. I need to make a form to...
If you want a fill-in-the-blanks form you want what Word
calls an online form. Look in help for that and then follow
the links at:
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms
especially Dian Chapman's series of articles"

Regards,
Chad DeMeyer

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Charles Kenyon - 09 Jun 2004 23:00 GMT

I've never seen these instructions but don't doubt that you found them. I
don't know what that "macro" does or where it resides. I tried your
directions in Word 2003 and they do produce a field that doesn't seem to do
anything.

Anyway, 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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