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Check Box trouble
Hmmmm! Using Word 2000 and inserting a check box via the Control Toolbox
toolbar. Once I insert the check box and exit the design mode, I can check and uncheck the box with the mouse click. However, once I try to edit the caption so that it says something intelligent instead of "checkbox1" I seem to lose the ability to check and uncheck the box. I'm sure I'm being very stupid, but I'm stuck!!! |
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Hi, BK. When you start editing the caption, you're in design mode. Make sure
you're out of design mode. Keep the Control Toolbox toolbar open until you're all done. When you're in design mode, the top-left button on that stays "active", and you can click it to turn off design mode. Also, please make sure you're not unnecessarily using the Control Toolbox checkbox if you could be using the one from the Forms toolbar: http://www.officearticles.com/word/c...osoft_word.htm ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "BK" wrote in message ... Hmmmm! Using Word 2000 and inserting a check box via the Control Toolbox toolbar. Once I insert the check box and exit the design mode, I can check and uncheck the box with the mouse click. However, once I try to edit the caption so that it says something intelligent instead of "checkbox1" I seem to lose the ability to check and uncheck the box. I'm sure I'm being very stupid, but I'm stuck!!! |
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Anne
Thanks for the information. I'm off to read your article and give your suggestions a try. "Anne Troy" wrote in message news:ce20a$42ddb8c9$97c5108d$6788@allthenewsgroups .com... Hi, BK. When you start editing the caption, you're in design mode. Make sure you're out of design mode. Keep the Control Toolbox toolbar open until you're all done. When you're in design mode, the top-left button on that stays "active", and you can click it to turn off design mode. Also, please make sure you're not unnecessarily using the Control Toolbox checkbox if you could be using the one from the Forms toolbar: http://www.officearticles.com/word/c...osoft_word.htm ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "BK" wrote in message ... Hmmmm! Using Word 2000 and inserting a check box via the Control Toolbox toolbar. Once I insert the check box and exit the design mode, I can check and uncheck the box with the mouse click. However, once I try to edit the caption so that it says something intelligent instead of "checkbox1" I seem to lose the ability to check and uncheck the box. I'm sure I'm being very stupid, but I'm stuck!!! |
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Anne
I inserted a check box from the Forms toolbar, but now I cannot seem to click with the mouse to check or uncheck it. That's what makes me think I need the Control Toolbox toolbar checkbox instead. I want to be able to use the mouse to check or uncheck the box. "Anne Troy" wrote in message news:ce20a$42ddb8c9$97c5108d$6788@allthenewsgroups .com... Hi, BK. When you start editing the caption, you're in design mode. Make sure you're out of design mode. Keep the Control Toolbox toolbar open until you're all done. When you're in design mode, the top-left button on that stays "active", and you can click it to turn off design mode. Also, please make sure you're not unnecessarily using the Control Toolbox checkbox if you could be using the one from the Forms toolbar: http://www.officearticles.com/word/c...osoft_word.htm ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "BK" wrote in message ... Hmmmm! Using Word 2000 and inserting a check box via the Control Toolbox toolbar. Once I insert the check box and exit the design mode, I can check and uncheck the box with the mouse click. However, once I try to edit the caption so that it says something intelligent instead of "checkbox1" I seem to lose the ability to check and uncheck the box. I'm sure I'm being very stupid, but I'm stuck!!! |
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Read the article, BK. It states that YOU MUST PROTECT THE FORM for the
fields to work properly.  ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "BK" wrote in message ... Anne I inserted a check box from the Forms toolbar, but now I cannot seem to click with the mouse to check or uncheck it. That's what makes me think I need the Control Toolbox toolbar checkbox instead. I want to be able to use the mouse to check or uncheck the box. "Anne Troy" wrote in message news:ce20a$42ddb8c9$97c5108d$6788@allthenewsgroups .com... Hi, BK. When you start editing the caption, you're in design mode. Make sure you're out of design mode. Keep the Control Toolbox toolbar open until you're all done. When you're in design mode, the top-left button on that stays "active", and you can click it to turn off design mode. Also, please make sure you're not unnecessarily using the Control Toolbox checkbox if you could be using the one from the Forms toolbar: http://www.officearticles.com/word/c...osoft_word.htm ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "BK" wrote in message ... Hmmmm! Using Word 2000 and inserting a check box via the Control Toolbox toolbar. Once I insert the check box and exit the design mode, I can check and uncheck the box with the mouse click. However, once I try to edit the caption so that it says something intelligent instead of "checkbox1" I seem to lose the ability to check and uncheck the box. I'm sure I'm being very stupid, but I'm stuck!!! |
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Anne
Duh! Sorry to be so slow on the uptake. Thanks for you help. This is working great! "Anne Troy" wrote in message ... Read the article, BK. It states that YOU MUST PROTECT THE FORM for the fields to work properly. ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "BK" wrote in message ... Anne I inserted a check box from the Forms toolbar, but now I cannot seem to click with the mouse to check or uncheck it. That's what makes me think I need the Control Toolbox toolbar checkbox instead. I want to be able to use the mouse to check or uncheck the box. "Anne Troy" wrote in message news:ce20a$42ddb8c9$97c5108d$6788@allthenewsgroups .com... Hi, BK. When you start editing the caption, you're in design mode. Make sure you're out of design mode. Keep the Control Toolbox toolbar open until you're all done. When you're in design mode, the top-left button on that stays "active", and you can click it to turn off design mode. Also, please make sure you're not unnecessarily using the Control Toolbox checkbox if you could be using the one from the Forms toolbar: http://www.officearticles.com/word/c...osoft_word.htm ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "BK" wrote in message ... Hmmmm! Using Word 2000 and inserting a check box via the Control Toolbox toolbar. Once I insert the check box and exit the design mode, I can check and uncheck the box with the mouse click. However, once I try to edit the caption so that it says something intelligent instead of "checkbox1" I seem to lose the ability to check and uncheck the box. I'm sure I'm being very stupid, but I'm stuck!!! |
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Cool beans.
******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "BK" wrote in message ... Anne Duh! Sorry to be so slow on the uptake. Thanks for you help. This is working great! "Anne Troy" wrote in message ... Read the article, BK. It states that YOU MUST PROTECT THE FORM for the fields to work properly. ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "BK" wrote in message ... Anne I inserted a check box from the Forms toolbar, but now I cannot seem to click with the mouse to check or uncheck it. That's what makes me think I need the Control Toolbox toolbar checkbox instead. I want to be able to use the mouse to check or uncheck the box. "Anne Troy" wrote in message news:ce20a$42ddb8c9$97c5108d$6788@allthenewsgroups .com... Hi, BK. When you start editing the caption, you're in design mode. Make sure you're out of design mode. Keep the Control Toolbox toolbar open until you're all done. When you're in design mode, the top-left button on that stays "active", and you can click it to turn off design mode. Also, please make sure you're not unnecessarily using the Control Toolbox checkbox if you could be using the one from the Forms toolbar: http://www.officearticles.com/word/c...osoft_word.htm ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "BK" wrote in message ... Hmmmm! Using Word 2000 and inserting a check box via the Control Toolbox toolbar. Once I insert the check box and exit the design mode, I can check and uncheck the box with the mouse click. However, once I try to edit the caption so that it says something intelligent instead of "checkbox1" I seem to lose the ability to check and uncheck the box. I'm sure I'm being very stupid, but I'm stuck!!! |
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You do _not_ want to be using the Controls Toolbox for this. Use the Forms
toolbar or another method. 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. If you want to use the Forms toolbar, then you'll need to protect the document for forms. This 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. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "BK" wrote in message ... Hmmmm! Using Word 2000 and inserting a check box via the Control Toolbox toolbar. Once I insert the check box and exit the design mode, I can check and uncheck the box with the mouse click. However, once I try to edit the caption so that it says something intelligent instead of "checkbox1" I seem to lose the ability to check and uncheck the box. I'm sure I'm being very stupid, but I'm stuck!!! |
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Quick question: Is there a way to change the default "mark" when you click
on the box? Right now it is an X and I wonder if it is possible to make it a real check mark? "Anne Troy" wrote in message ... Cool beans. ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "BK" wrote in message ... Anne Duh! Sorry to be so slow on the uptake. Thanks for you help. This is working great! "Anne Troy" wrote in message ... Read the article, BK. It states that YOU MUST PROTECT THE FORM for the fields to work properly. ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "BK" wrote in message ... Anne I inserted a check box from the Forms toolbar, but now I cannot seem to click with the mouse to check or uncheck it. That's what makes me think I need the Control Toolbox toolbar checkbox instead. I want to be able to use the mouse to check or uncheck the box. "Anne Troy" wrote in message news:ce20a$42ddb8c9$97c5108d$6788@allthenewsgroups .com... Hi, BK. When you start editing the caption, you're in design mode. Make sure you're out of design mode. Keep the Control Toolbox toolbar open until you're all done. When you're in design mode, the top-left button on that stays "active", and you can click it to turn off design mode. Also, please make sure you're not unnecessarily using the Control Toolbox checkbox if you could be using the one from the Forms toolbar: http://www.officearticles.com/word/c...osoft_word.htm ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "BK" wrote in message ... Hmmmm! Using Word 2000 and inserting a check box via the Control Toolbox toolbar. Once I insert the check box and exit the design mode, I can check and uncheck the box with the mouse click. However, once I try to edit the caption so that it says something intelligent instead of "checkbox1" I seem to lose the ability to check and uncheck the box. I'm sure I'm being very stupid, but I'm stuck!!! |
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Out of curiosity, when would one use the Controls Toolbox check box? I most
definitely agree that the Forms check box is the way to go here, but when would the other be used? "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... You do _not_ want to be using the Controls Toolbox for this. Use the Forms toolbar or another method. 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. If you want to use the Forms toolbar, then you'll need to protect the document for forms. This 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. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "BK" wrote in message ... Hmmmm! Using Word 2000 and inserting a check box via the Control Toolbox toolbar. Once I insert the check box and exit the design mode, I can check and uncheck the box with the mouse click. However, once I try to edit the caption so that it says something intelligent instead of "checkbox1" I seem to lose the ability to check and uncheck the box. I'm sure I'm being very stupid, but I'm stuck!!! |
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I don't use these controls, they are kind of a hold-over from earlier
methods. Anything I can do with them, I would prefer to do using a UserForm. Check the checkbox template tutorial for ways to make a check mark (tick) rather than an X. This is, though, not done through the forms toolbar. -- 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "BK" wrote in message ... Out of curiosity, when would one use the Controls Toolbox check box? I most definitely agree that the Forms check box is the way to go here, but when would the other be used? "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... You do _not_ want to be using the Controls Toolbox for this. Use the Forms toolbar or another method. 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. If you want to use the Forms toolbar, then you'll need to protect the document for forms. This 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. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "BK" wrote in message ... Hmmmm! Using Word 2000 and inserting a check box via the Control Toolbox toolbar. Once I insert the check box and exit the design mode, I can check and uncheck the box with the mouse click. However, once I try to edit the caption so that it says something intelligent instead of "checkbox1" I seem to lose the ability to check and uncheck the box. I'm sure I'm being very stupid, but I'm stuck!!! |
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See how it is done in the Fax template that comes with Word.
-- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "BK" wrote in message ... Quick question: Is there a way to change the default "mark" when you click on the box? Right now it is an X and I wonder if it is possible to make it a real check mark? "Anne Troy" wrote in message ... Cool beans. ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "BK" wrote in message ... Anne Duh! Sorry to be so slow on the uptake. Thanks for you help. This is working great! "Anne Troy" wrote in message ... Read the article, BK. It states that YOU MUST PROTECT THE FORM for the fields to work properly. ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "BK" wrote in message ... Anne I inserted a check box from the Forms toolbar, but now I cannot seem to click with the mouse to check or uncheck it. That's what makes me think I need the Control Toolbox toolbar checkbox instead. I want to be able to use the mouse to check or uncheck the box. "Anne Troy" wrote in message news:ce20a$42ddb8c9$97c5108d$6788@allthenewsgroups .com... Hi, BK. When you start editing the caption, you're in design mode. Make sure you're out of design mode. Keep the Control Toolbox toolbar open until you're all done. When you're in design mode, the top-left button on that stays "active", and you can click it to turn off design mode. Also, please make sure you're not unnecessarily using the Control Toolbox checkbox if you could be using the one from the Forms toolbar: http://www.officearticles.com/word/c...osoft_word.htm ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "BK" wrote in message ... Hmmmm! Using Word 2000 and inserting a check box via the Control Toolbox toolbar. Once I insert the check box and exit the design mode, I can check and uncheck the box with the mouse click. However, once I try to edit the caption so that it says something intelligent instead of "checkbox1" I seem to lose the ability to check and uncheck the box. I'm sure I'm being very stupid, but I'm stuck!!! |
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