I am using MS Word 2002 and I have a check list consist of check boxes.
What I want to do is when the user finish printing the check list I would
like to have a command button that will clear out the check mark in the
various check boxes. How does one do this? Any help or tips will be
appreciated. Thank you.

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 14:44:32 -0700, "Alex Martinez"
wrote:


I am using MS Word 2002 and I have a check list consist of check boxes.
What I want to do is when the user finish printing the check list I would
like to have a command button that will clear out the check mark in the
various check boxes. How does one do this? Any help or tips will be
appreciated. Thank you.


I suspect that what you have is a document (.doc file) that you're
re-using over and over. That's not the way Word is intended to work.
The unfilled form should be stored as a template (.dot file), and then
new forms should be created by using the File New command and
choosing the template. Each new document will automatically open with
all the check boxes cleared.

Just open your current document, go to File Save As, and set the
file type dropdown to "Document Template (*.dot)". Word will
automatically change the folder for storing the file to the one where
all your templates should be. Give it a name and click the Save
button.

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