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CheckBox - Can't Edit
I have a Table in Word and have inserted check boxes. Was told I have to
Protect Document and Restrict Formatting to be able to tick the boxes on/off. But this disallows me to edit other parts of the document. Am looking to have a document that is a checklist for a group of users - all should be able to tick boxes on/off and add text to the other columns in table. Is this not possible without going through Protect/Unprotect, etc? cheers, jb |
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CheckBox - Can't Edit
You can insert section breaks to isolate a portion of the
document, and then enable protection in that section only. Or you can create check boxes that do not require document protection to function. See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Add_Toggle_Objects.htm and http://www.addbalance.com/word/downl...#CheckboxAddIn for several different ways to make checkboxes. TexJen09 wrote: I have a Table in Word and have inserted check boxes. Was told I have to Protect Document and Restrict Formatting to be able to tick the boxes on/off. But this disallows me to edit other parts of the document. Am looking to have a document that is a checklist for a group of users - all should be able to tick boxes on/off and add text to the other columns in table. Is this not possible without going through Protect/Unprotect, etc? cheers, jb |
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CheckBox - Can't Edit
Thank you for the quick reply. I followed the link and in the document it
states: "Drawback: They will stop working whenever the link to this template is lost." I've not dealt much with Templates. Does this mean that if I use this option on my computer, but then send to other users, and they do not have the 'source'/template document saved on their machines, that this will not work? thnx -jb "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: You can insert section breaks to isolate a portion of the document, and then enable protection in that section only. Or you can create check boxes that do not require document protection to function. See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Add_Toggle_Objects.htm and http://www.addbalance.com/word/downl...#CheckboxAddIn for several different ways to make checkboxes. TexJen09 wrote: I have a Table in Word and have inserted check boxes. Was told I have to Protect Document and Restrict Formatting to be able to tick the boxes on/off. But this disallows me to edit other parts of the document. Am looking to have a document that is a checklist for a group of users - all should be able to tick boxes on/off and add text to the other columns in table. Is this not possible without going through Protect/Unprotect, etc? cheers, jb |
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CheckBox - Can't Edit
Correct, unless you read the rest of Item 13 and use the provided
AutoOpen() macro. TexJen09 wrote: Thank you for the quick reply. I followed the link and in the document it states: "Drawback: They will stop working whenever the link to this template is lost." I've not dealt much with Templates. Does this mean that if I use this option on my computer, but then send to other users, and they do not have the 'source'/template document saved on their machines, that this will not work? thnx -jb "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: You can insert section breaks to isolate a portion of the document, and then enable protection in that section only. Or you can create check boxes that do not require document protection to function. See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Add_Toggle_Objects.htm and http://www.addbalance.com/word/downl...#CheckboxAddIn for several different ways to make checkboxes. TexJen09 wrote: I have a Table in Word and have inserted check boxes. Was told I have to Protect Document and Restrict Formatting to be able to tick the boxes on/off. But this disallows me to edit other parts of the document. Am looking to have a document that is a checklist for a group of users - all should be able to tick boxes on/off and add text to the other columns in table. Is this not possible without going through Protect/Unprotect, etc? cheers, jb |
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