Hi,

Is it possible to set a checkbox on a word doc via mail merge? I'd like to
have a checkbox on my Word document and have it be either checked or
unchecked depending on a field in my mail merge data source (which is just a
comma delimited text file). I am using MS Word 2003. Thanks!

Use an If...then...Else field that returns the appropriate symbol from the
InsertSymbol menu item, depending upon the value of the mergefield.

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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Richard" wrote in message
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Hi,

Is it possible to set a checkbox on a word doc via mail merge? I'd like
to have a checkbox on my Word document and have it be either checked or
unchecked depending on a field in my mail merge data source (which is just
a comma delimited text file). I am using MS Word 2003. Thanks!

"Richard" wrote:

Hi,

Is it possible to set a checkbox on a word doc via mail merge? I'd like to
have a checkbox on my Word document and have it be either checked or
unchecked depending on a field in my mail merge data source (which is just a
comma delimited text file). I am using MS Word 2003. Thanks!

Hi Richard: Did you ever figure out how to get a mail merge code to turn
into a checkbox? I need this for a form I am creating.

Thanks.

"Richard" wrote:

Hi,

Is it possible to set a checkbox on a word doc via mail merge? I'd like to
have a checkbox on my Word document and have it be either checked or
unchecked depending on a field in my mail merge data source (which is just a
comma delimited text file). I am using MS Word 2003. Thanks!

Doug: How do I contact you to find out about your services? I need to get
the syntax for turning the mergefield into a checkbox? Thanks.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Use an If...then...Else field that returns the appropriate symbol from the
InsertSymbol menu item, depending upon the value of the mergefield.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Richard" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Is it possible to set a checkbox on a word doc via mail merge? I'd like
to have a checkbox on my Word document and have it be either checked or
unchecked depending on a field in my mail merge data source (which is just
a comma delimited text file). I am using MS Word 2003. Thanks!

Michelle, I don't know where one finds a box with a checkmark in it, but how
about an IF field that prints [Wingdings 110] if true, and [Wingdings 111] if
false. This is not a coding example. When typing the IF field, I would
actually InsertSymbol Wingdings [choose the filled or unfilled box].

"Michelle" wrote:

Hi Richard: Did you ever figure out how to get a mail merge code to turn
into a checkbox? I need this for a form I am creating.

Thanks.

"Richard" wrote:

Hi,

Is it possible to set a checkbox on a word doc via mail merge? I'd like to
have a checkbox on my Word document and have it be either checked or
unchecked depending on a field in my mail merge data source (which is just a
comma delimited text file). I am using MS Word 2003. Thanks!

Finally discovered the "checked box" symbol.

Wingdings 254 is a box with a check in it. Could you print Wingdings 254 if
true and Wingdings 111 if false?

"Michelle" wrote:

Hi Richard: Did you ever figure out how to get a mail merge code to turn
into a checkbox? I need this for a form I am creating.

Thanks.

"Richard" wrote:

Hi,

Is it possible to set a checkbox on a word doc via mail merge? I'd like to
have a checkbox on my Word document and have it be either checked or
unchecked depending on a field in my mail merge data source (which is just a
comma delimited text file). I am using MS Word 2003. Thanks!