You could use check box form fields. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm and especially
the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.
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"KR" wrote in message
...
Is there an alternate control (maybe non-activeX), or some other good way
of
creating a optionbutton-like form (not userform) in the word document that
allows a user to click to respond, rather than printing and manually
filling
in a circle (symbol)?
This form was originally paper-only, but in today's world, the guy who
does
the survey was getting feedback that folks wanted to be able to respond
electronically instead of having to print and fax their responses. I
pointed
him toward optionbuttons because they are commonly used for surveys, etc.,
but I didn't know that it would cause these types of problems in Word. I'd
really like to suggest an alternative, if there is one... if it can't be
done in word, then they may have to look at other options.
Thanks!
Keith
"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
Both problems are entirely caused by having radio buttons in the
document.
Radio buttons are ActiveX controls from the Control Toolbox. Even if you
don't write a single line of VBA code, they will *always* trigger the
macro
security warning unless (and I don't recommend this) you set the macro
security level to Low, or you sign the document with a digital
certificate
and accept the certificate.
If you click the Enable Macros button in the warning, you won't get
Design
Mode.
There is nothing the document author can do to influence the macro
security
levels on other users' computers.
See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...dc_activeX.asp
for more information.