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Checkbox Protection
I've created a document with yes/no questions trying to use a checkbox in
Word2003. However every time I save the document out of design mode, close the document and reopen, the document opens in design mode. Is there a setting or a way to save the document so it opens out of design mode so a user can simply check the box? |
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Checkbox Protection
Create your form as a template. Protect it. Save. Users should create their
documents from the template, not by duplicating your existing document. "Bryan" wrote in message ... I've created a document with yes/no questions trying to use a checkbox in Word2003. However every time I save the document out of design mode, close the document and reopen, the document opens in design mode. Is there a setting or a way to save the document so it opens out of design mode so a user can simply check the box? |
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Checkbox Protection
And don't use check boxes from the Controls Toolbox, only from the Forms
toolbar. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... Create your form as a template. Protect it. Save. Users should create their documents from the template, not by duplicating your existing document. "Bryan" wrote in message ... I've created a document with yes/no questions trying to use a checkbox in Word2003. However every time I save the document out of design mode, close the document and reopen, the document opens in design mode. Is there a setting or a way to save the document so it opens out of design mode so a user can simply check the box? |
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You should not have used anything from the Controls Toolbox. 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. If you want to protect a document and use checkboxes from the forms toolbar, what we 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. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ 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. "Bryan" wrote in message ... I've created a document with yes/no questions trying to use a checkbox in Word2003. However every time I save the document out of design mode, close the document and reopen, the document opens in design mode. Is there a setting or a way to save the document so it opens out of design mode so a user can simply check the box? |
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Checkbox Protection
I see the suggestions for using the checkbox from the form menu. That's fine
and how I resolved the problem. But, what good is the checkbox from the control menu? When is use of this checkbox recommended? "Jezebel" wrote: Create your form as a template. Protect it. Save. Users should create their documents from the template, not by duplicating your existing document. "Bryan" wrote in message ... I've created a document with yes/no questions trying to use a checkbox in Word2003. However every time I save the document out of design mode, close the document and reopen, the document opens in design mode. Is there a setting or a way to save the document so it opens out of design mode so a user can simply check the box? . |
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Those controls can be used in UserForms.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Bryan" wrote in message ... I see the suggestions for using the checkbox from the form menu. That's fine and how I resolved the problem. But, what good is the checkbox from the control menu? When is use of this checkbox recommended? "Jezebel" wrote: Create your form as a template. Protect it. Save. Users should create their documents from the template, not by duplicating your existing document. "Bryan" wrote in message ... I've created a document with yes/no questions trying to use a checkbox in Word2003. However every time I save the document out of design mode, close the document and reopen, the document opens in design mode. Is there a setting or a way to save the document so it opens out of design mode so a user can simply check the box? . |
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They are used in programming. While you can put them in a document, they are
seldom necessary and really complicate things. -- 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ 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. "Bryan" wrote in message ... I see the suggestions for using the checkbox from the form menu. That's fine and how I resolved the problem. But, what good is the checkbox from the control menu? When is use of this checkbox recommended? "Jezebel" wrote: Create your form as a template. Protect it. Save. Users should create their documents from the template, not by duplicating your existing document. "Bryan" wrote in message ... I've created a document with yes/no questions trying to use a checkbox in Word2003. However every time I save the document out of design mode, close the document and reopen, the document opens in design mode. Is there a setting or a way to save the document so it opens out of design mode so a user can simply check the box? . |
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