If you use the Active X checkbox from the developer tab - legacy tools
palette, and set the design mode to off, the document does not have to be
locked and you don't have to mess around with properties. It's a simple
one-click operation.
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"Stacey" wrote in message
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Thank you for getting back to me Joanne! If we don't lock the form, then
in
order to check the "checkbox" you need to double click (or right click and
hit properties) and then change the default to checked. This can be quite
cumbersome (and is what we do now).
Isn't there a way to have a checkbox, but not use a form?
Thank you!
Stacey
"Joanne Orzech" wrote:
My apologies - I just noticed that the title of your question contained
Word
2007... so use the toolbox on the Developer tab as indicated above.
Joanne Orzech
MS Word MVP
"Joanne Orzech" wrote:
I actually used this feature in a form this morning. Although you
don't say
what version of Word you are using, you can access the Control Toolbox
toolbar in Word 2003, or in Word 2007, it is on Developer tab.
To show the developer tab, click the Microsoft Office Button and then
click
Word Options. Select Popular, and then select "Show Developer tab in
the
Ribbon" check box.
There is a checkbox option which can be found there. No need to lock
the
form.
Hope this helps.
Joanne Orzech
MS Word MVP
"Stacey" wrote:
Hello!
We have a document (not a form) that we would like to use checkboxes
in.
This document has a couple of sections where it would be useful if
the user
could check if something is applicable. We can't protect the whole
document.
Thank you for your help!
Stacey