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Check box in Form Fields
Using Word 2003, I added the check box via the Forms menu
(set up form by using tables) but when I click on it, an X does not appear. What am I missing? I've done a few searches on line and have found nothing. thank you! Regina |
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To use this kind of checkbox, you would normally protect the document 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/downl...#CheckboxAddIn for an exploration of these. What you are talking about is 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/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Regina" wrote in message ... Using Word 2003, I added the check box via the Forms menu (set up form by using tables) but when I click on it, an X does not appear. What am I missing? I've done a few searches on line and have found nothing. thank you! Regina |
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Charles:
Thank you for your very quick response! All I needed to to was to Protect the document for the check box to actually work - thank you, it works beautifully!! Gratefully, Regina -----Original Message----- To use this kind of checkbox, you would normally protect the document 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/downl...#CheckboxAddIn for an exploration of these. What you are talking about is 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/Customizat...linTheBlanks.h tm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ --- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Regina" wrote in message ... Using Word 2003, I added the check box via the Forms menu (set up form by using tables) but when I click on it, an X does not appear. What am I missing? I've done a few searches on line and have found nothing. thank you! Regina . |
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