Another alternative is to use the check box from the Forms toolbar. If
you intend only to print the document, and not to use it as an online
form, there's no need to protect the document for forms.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The EQ field and its various switches is well documented in Word's Help. The
\x switch puts a box around the text you include as an argument. If you use
spaces, you get an empty box.

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"JOE" wrote in message
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Suzanne

The text box that is problematic for printing is the one located on the
Control Toolbox. It simply refuses to print properly on the printer that I
mentioned earlier. The text box that I am trying to use is the one that is
located on the Drawing Toolbar.

Could you explain "My favorite way is with an EQ \x field (using several
nonbreak spaces)." in a little more detail.

Thanks

Joe


----- Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: -----

Are you talking about a text form field or the kind of text box you
insert
from the Drawing toolbar (or Insert menu)? If you're just wanting to
create
a check box, there are plenty of other ways to do it. My favorite way
is
with an EQ \x field (using several nonbreak spaces).

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"JOE" wrote in message
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Suzanne
Thanks for the reply.
I am placing a text box in forms that is an option for students to
either
check or leave blank on a printed form.
As I explained in my original message, the copy machine that I
have at
work will not print a box when using the Control Text Box object, so
I have
to use a text box to simulate the check box.
I saw a message from you, on Google, in a reply to a similar
situation
(this was from about 2 years ago) that suggested turning off word
wrap in
the text box properties, but this does not work in Word 2002?
Any help you can give would be appreciated.
Joe
----- Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: -----
Why are you trying to put a text box in a table?
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"JOE" wrote in message
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I am trying to place a drawn text box inside a table cell and it
does all
kinds of strange things.
This is Word 2002 SP3 running on XP Pro SP1.
I have a table with 4 columns and 6 rows. Text is entered in the
cells. I
try to place a text box in a cell and first, the text in that
cell
jumps to
the top of the cell?. I try and copy/paste the text box and
move it
to
another cell and as soon as it crosses a cell border, it
disappears?
I cannot use the Control object text box because the printercopy
machine,
I am using at work, prints these as a question mark.
I have tried just about every combination of settings available
in
the
Format Text Box dialog. If I turn off Word Wrap, the text box,
which
is
square, turns into a rectangular box?
Any ideas?
TIA
Joe



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