You'll find checked and unchecked boxes in the Wingdings and Wingdings 2
fonts, among others. In the Insert | Symbol dialog, scroll down the list to
select one of these fonts instead of "(normal text)."

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> Is there a checked checkbox available to me in Word that Word can insert
> into a document? I chose Insert | Symbol but didn't find such a
> character among all the character sets. Maybe Word can create one?
> Thanks.