Adding to Dian's correct response, I never use controls from the control
toolbox unless there is a specific reason to do so. The checkbox and text
form fields from the forms toolbar are very good if you are going to protect
your form anyway. 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.

A protected document 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.

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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Eddy" wrote in message
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I have created a template where I used the textbox and checkbox macros
instead the textbox and checkbox form fields. So when I protect the
document
and save it and when I open it up again, I am unable to input text int he
textboxes or use any of the checkboxes, basically can't use anything, I
can;t
even unprotect the document, luckily I had a backup before I protected the
template. Is there a macro function when I can use the textbox and
checkbox
macros to be able to be used when the document is protected. Much thanx