Hi Ganesh,

This occurs if you use checkboxes from the Control Toolbox toolbar instead
of checkboxes from the Forms toolbar. The Control Toolbox ones are ActiveX
controls, which trigger the macro-virus protection in Word in the same way
that macros in the document would.

When the macro security level (in Tools Macro Security) is set to High,
macros and controls are silently disabled and the document opens in design
mode. Set the security level to Medium, and Word will display a message box
when you open the document, asking whether to enable or disable macros.
(Setting the level to Low is not recommended.)

When you send the form to other people, you'll have to include instructions
about setting the level and enabling the controls. The alternative is to use
a protected form (which has its own drawbacks).

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Ganesh wrote:
I have a problem when I use checkboxes in a word document(Word 2003).
By default, when I open a document, design mode is active. It causes
confusion when I have to deploy forms to be used by other people. The
user has to exit "design mode" before he can click on any of the
check boxes. Is there a way of ensuring that a word document is
opened with design mode off. I did not have this problem in earlier
versions of Word