i'm creating a form in word 2003. i'm using check boxes. i need the boxes
formatted so that the end user can only check ONE box, not multiples. help
please.

kind regards,
bonni (no "e" in maryland)

Hi Bonni-

Using the Forms Toolbar fields, that ain't gonna happen unless you can write
(or otherwise obtain) some VBA code. You can use the Control Toolbox to
create Option Groups (which is what you are trying to do), but that would
necessitate a database to collect responses associated with a field.

Why not just use a Drop Down Form Field instead... or, less desirably,
include intructions to 'Check Only One'?

HTH |:)

"Bonni" wrote:

i'm creating a form in word 2003. i'm using check boxes. i need the boxes
formatted so that the end user can only check ONE box, not multiples. help
please.

kind regards,
bonni (no "e" in maryland)

See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFl...FmFldChbxs.htm. What
you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." 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.

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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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i'm creating a form in word 2003. i'm using check boxes. i need the
boxes
formatted so that the end user can only check ONE box, not multiples.
help
please.

kind regards,
bonni (no "e" in maryland)