[whatever]

Quick and possibly stupid question. Is there a way to create a list in Word
that has check boxes next to line items that, when checked, are the only
items that print out? Thanks in advance!

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I guess you mean that only the checked items print out, not that only the
check boxes print out. The latter is easy; the former is difficult.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"whatever" wrote in message
...
Quick and possibly stupid question. Is there a way to create a list in
Word
that has check boxes next to line items that, when checked, are the only
items that print out? Thanks in advance!

[whatever]

I found this macro:

With ActiveDocument
..Unprotect
If .FormFields("Check1").CheckBox.Value = False Then
..Bookmarks ("CheckBox1Text").Range.Font.Hidden=True
Else
..Bookmarks("CheckBox1Text").Range.Font.Hidden=Fal se
End If
..Protect wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset
End With


It seems to work fine. I just need to figure out how to hide the boxes now


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I guess you mean that only the checked items print out, not that only the
check boxes print out. The latter is easy; the former is difficult.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"whatever" wrote in message
...
Quick and possibly stupid question. Is there a way to create a list in
Word
that has check boxes next to line items that, when checked, are the only
items that print out? Thanks in advance!

[Graham Mayor]

You need to hide the check box as well as the text field

With ActiveDocument
..Unprotect
If .FormFields("Check1").CheckBox.Value = False Then
..Bookmarks("CheckBox1Text").Range.Font.Hidden = True
..Bookmarks("Check1").Range.Font.Hidden = True
Else
..Bookmarks("CheckBox1Text").Range.Font.Hidden = False
..Bookmarks("Check1").Range.Font.Hidden = False
End If
..Protect wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset
End With

However you will need a macro to reet the form as once hidden there is no
way of re-accessing the checkbox to un-hide the hidden stuff

With ActiveDocument
.Unprotect
.Range.Select
Selection.Font.Hidden = False
.Protect wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset
End With

See also http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Toggle_Data_Display.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



whatever wrote:
I found this macro:

With ActiveDocument
.Unprotect
If .FormFields("Check1").CheckBox.Value = False Then
.Bookmarks ("CheckBox1Text").Range.Font.Hidden=True
Else
.Bookmarks("CheckBox1Text").Range.Font.Hidden=Fals e
End If
.Protect wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset
End With


It seems to work fine. I just need to figure out how to hide the
boxes now

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I guess you mean that only the checked items print out, not that
only the check boxes print out. The latter is easy; the former is
difficult.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"whatever" wrote in message
...
Quick and possibly stupid question. Is there a way to create a
list in Word
that has check boxes next to line items that, when checked, are the
only items that print out? Thanks in advance!