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Problems with Checkboxes
Word 2002
User A did not create the document in question and has no knowledge of how it was put together. User A emails a document to me that contains checkboxes. I see the boxes and can check and uncheck at will - everything works fine. I have Checkbox Template.dot in my Startup folder. User A emails the same document to User B who does not SEE the boxes at all. No checked or unchecked boxes of any kind. The document is what you would assume would be a form, setup with text within a table structure, but it is not locked, as it was not locked when I looked at it. Question: If this document is using Checkbox Template.dot, I would expect User B to see the boxes, just not be able to change their status to check/unchecked. Why does User B not see ANY checkboxes at all? (Hint: It is NOT Picture Placeholders. I just tried that.) |
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Checkbox Template.dot is my creation, I think. At least I distribute such a
template. For others reading this, if I am right, the checkbox template is a global template enabling macrobutton checkboxes and providing the macros and AutoText entries for them. It can be downloaded from http://addbalance.com/word/download.htm. BTW, Brenda, if it is my checkbox template, there will be a line under the help menu "About Checkbox Add-In Template." Please check this, because if it is my template and there are questions I could post code. I am assuming that these are macrobutton checkboxes rather than forms field checkboxes. Does user B have some different font in normal style? Not have symbol fonts installed? I would still expect there to be a blank box. For Brenda's description to be accurate, User B is either not seeing the display text from a macrobutton field or not seeing a symbol checkbox (checked or unchecked). I don't have a clue how this would happen but thought clarification might help. -- 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. "Brenda Rueter" wrote in message ... Word 2002 User A did not create the document in question and has no knowledge of how it was put together. User A emails a document to me that contains checkboxes. I see the boxes and can check and uncheck at will - everything works fine. I have Checkbox Template.dot in my Startup folder. User A emails the same document to User B who does not SEE the boxes at all. No checked or unchecked boxes of any kind. The document is what you would assume would be a form, setup with text within a table structure, but it is not locked, as it was not locked when I looked at it. Question: If this document is using Checkbox Template.dot, I would expect User B to see the boxes, just not be able to change their status to check/unchecked. Why does User B not see ANY checkboxes at all? (Hint: It is NOT Picture Placeholders. I just tried that.) |
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Sorry for the delay. I was out of the office.
When I right-click on the Properties of the checkbox, I get a dialog box that says "Check Box Form Field Options". I don't know if that is created from your checkbox template (yes, that's what I have) or not. I have tried turning on "Picture Placeholders" but I still can see the checkboxes. So far I have not found anything that will hide them so I don't know what sort of a setting User B may have that we need to change. User B does not see ANY checkbox. Nothing. Just a blank cell within a table. Does this answer your question? "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Checkbox Template.dot is my creation, I think. At least I distribute such a template. For others reading this, if I am right, the checkbox template is a global template enabling macrobutton checkboxes and providing the macros and AutoText entries for them. It can be downloaded from http://addbalance.com/word/download.htm. BTW, Brenda, if it is my checkbox template, there will be a line under the help menu "About Checkbox Add-In Template." Please check this, because if it is my template and there are questions I could post code. I am assuming that these are macrobutton checkboxes rather than forms field checkboxes. Does user B have some different font in normal style? Not have symbol fonts installed? I would still expect there to be a blank box. For Brenda's description to be accurate, User B is either not seeing the display text from a macrobutton field or not seeing a symbol checkbox (checked or unchecked). I don't have a clue how this would happen but thought clarification might help. -- 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. "Brenda Rueter" wrote in message ... Word 2002 User A did not create the document in question and has no knowledge of how it was put together. User A emails a document to me that contains checkboxes. I see the boxes and can check and uncheck at will - everything works fine. I have Checkbox Template.dot in my Startup folder. User A emails the same document to User B who does not SEE the boxes at all. No checked or unchecked boxes of any kind. The document is what you would assume would be a form, setup with text within a table structure, but it is not locked, as it was not locked when I looked at it. Question: If this document is using Checkbox Template.dot, I would expect User B to see the boxes, just not be able to change their status to check/unchecked. Why does User B not see ANY checkboxes at all? (Hint: It is NOT Picture Placeholders. I just tried that.) |
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Yes, it does answer some of my questions. Not sure what Checkbox Template
you have installed, but I doubt it is mine. You are using checkboxes inserted using the forms toolbar, I suspect. For these to work, the document has to be protected for forms (locked). Still don't have a clue what could make these invisible, though. Again, if you have my template, there will be an "About" item in your help menu. -- 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. "Brenda Rueter" wrote in message ... Sorry for the delay. I was out of the office. When I right-click on the Properties of the checkbox, I get a dialog box that says "Check Box Form Field Options". I don't know if that is created from your checkbox template (yes, that's what I have) or not. I have tried turning on "Picture Placeholders" but I still can see the checkboxes. So far I have not found anything that will hide them so I don't know what sort of a setting User B may have that we need to change. User B does not see ANY checkbox. Nothing. Just a blank cell within a table. Does this answer your question? "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Checkbox Template.dot is my creation, I think. At least I distribute such a template. For others reading this, if I am right, the checkbox template is a global template enabling macrobutton checkboxes and providing the macros and AutoText entries for them. It can be downloaded from http://addbalance.com/word/download.htm. BTW, Brenda, if it is my checkbox template, there will be a line under the help menu "About Checkbox Add-In Template." Please check this, because if it is my template and there are questions I could post code. I am assuming that these are macrobutton checkboxes rather than forms field checkboxes. Does user B have some different font in normal style? Not have symbol fonts installed? I would still expect there to be a blank box. For Brenda's description to be accurate, User B is either not seeing the display text from a macrobutton field or not seeing a symbol checkbox (checked or unchecked). I don't have a clue how this would happen but thought clarification might help. -- 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. "Brenda Rueter" wrote in message ... Word 2002 User A did not create the document in question and has no knowledge of how it was put together. User A emails a document to me that contains checkboxes. I see the boxes and can check and uncheck at will - everything works fine. I have Checkbox Template.dot in my Startup folder. User A emails the same document to User B who does not SEE the boxes at all. No checked or unchecked boxes of any kind. The document is what you would assume would be a form, setup with text within a table structure, but it is not locked, as it was not locked when I looked at it. Question: If this document is using Checkbox Template.dot, I would expect User B to see the boxes, just not be able to change their status to check/unchecked. Why does User B not see ANY checkboxes at all? (Hint: It is NOT Picture Placeholders. I just tried that.) |
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Thanks Charles. Sorry to be confusing. I meant to indicate that "I" am
running your template and understand that is working with autotext and macros. It is unknown if the person I am working with has that template, most likely not, but this document does not appear to have been done using that template. The bottom line is we cannot understand why the checkboxes done with the Forms Toolbar are invisible or removed for this particular user when I see them just fine. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Yes, it does answer some of my questions. Not sure what Checkbox Template you have installed, but I doubt it is mine. You are using checkboxes inserted using the forms toolbar, I suspect. For these to work, the document has to be protected for forms (locked). Still don't have a clue what could make these invisible, though. Again, if you have my template, there will be an "About" item in your help menu. -- 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. "Brenda Rueter" wrote in message ... Sorry for the delay. I was out of the office. When I right-click on the Properties of the checkbox, I get a dialog box that says "Check Box Form Field Options". I don't know if that is created from your checkbox template (yes, that's what I have) or not. I have tried turning on "Picture Placeholders" but I still can see the checkboxes. So far I have not found anything that will hide them so I don't know what sort of a setting User B may have that we need to change. User B does not see ANY checkbox. Nothing. Just a blank cell within a table. Does this answer your question? "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Checkbox Template.dot is my creation, I think. At least I distribute such a template. For others reading this, if I am right, the checkbox template is a global template enabling macrobutton checkboxes and providing the macros and AutoText entries for them. It can be downloaded from http://addbalance.com/word/download.htm. BTW, Brenda, if it is my checkbox template, there will be a line under the help menu "About Checkbox Add-In Template." Please check this, because if it is my template and there are questions I could post code. I am assuming that these are macrobutton checkboxes rather than forms field checkboxes. Does user B have some different font in normal style? Not have symbol fonts installed? I would still expect there to be a blank box. For Brenda's description to be accurate, User B is either not seeing the display text from a macrobutton field or not seeing a symbol checkbox (checked or unchecked). I don't have a clue how this would happen but thought clarification might help. -- 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. "Brenda Rueter" wrote in message ... Word 2002 User A did not create the document in question and has no knowledge of how it was put together. User A emails a document to me that contains checkboxes. I see the boxes and can check and uncheck at will - everything works fine. I have Checkbox Template.dot in my Startup folder. User A emails the same document to User B who does not SEE the boxes at all. No checked or unchecked boxes of any kind. The document is what you would assume would be a form, setup with text within a table structure, but it is not locked, as it was not locked when I looked at it. Question: If this document is using Checkbox Template.dot, I would expect User B to see the boxes, just not be able to change their status to check/unchecked. Why does User B not see ANY checkboxes at all? (Hint: It is NOT Picture Placeholders. I just tried that.) |
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