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StargateFan - 23 Aug 2005 13:11 GMT

In my last contract, they had a template that used some sort of
checkbox in Word. I've gone to the toolbox to try to make these
myself but what is there doesn't seem to be the type of check box that
I'd had in those templates.

The behaviour of the ones I need was great, you'd click on the
checkbox and you could tick it so that it filled. If that didn't
work, I seem to remember the odd time it didn't, you could right-click
and bring up "properties" I believe it was. Then in the same dialogue
box that would come up, you'd choose the condition and again, a tick
would appear.

I hope I've explained this so others understand. This is several
months ago and I'm going by memory.

It was W2K then and I'm trying to create these check boxes in W2K now,
too.

Tx.

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Charles Kenyon - 23 Aug 2005 16:15 GMT

What you are talking about is a checkbox from the Forms toolbar in what Word
calls an "online form." Check this in help. For more about online forms,
follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm.

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.

Hope this helps,

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> In my last contract, they had a template that used some sort of
> checkbox in Word. I've gone to the toolbox to try to make these
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> Tx.

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StargateFan - 24 Aug 2005 06:14 GMT

>What you are talking about is a checkbox from the Forms toolbar in what Word
>calls an "online form." Check this in help. For more about online forms,
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>Hope this helps,

I stumbled upon the one I needed, after all, just now <thank
goodness>. I was discouraged when I saw all the links above; I was
hoping that by describing the behaviour, it would narrow the field
down and one of you MVPs would know what I meant <g>. First I went
back to the toolbars and just clicked on each one this time. I found
one more toolbar that had a checkbox option in it that I'd not seen
beofre and it turns out this one was exactly the one I was looking for
<phew>. It's under VIEW > TOOLBARS > FORMS. That brought up the very
check box that I'd seen in my last job. Unlike all the rest, it
doesn't use a tick it actually puts an "X" through the box and it has
neat options in the properties box that comes up.

Thanks. I'll read up on all the links above nonetheless. Appreciate
the help. It helped to trigger finding what I needed <g>

(And just stumbled upon something neat - clicking on the "Lock" icon
on that toolbar makes this checkbox work without the dialogue box. So
users can just click on the box and an "X" gets toggled automatically.
Kewl!)

>> In my last contract, they had a template that used some sort of
>> checkbox in Word. I've gone to the toolbox to try to make these
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>> Tx.

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