Check Box Issue

[mattc66 via OfficeKB.com]

I have check boxes on my word document. This is a document created by another
user. It will not let me check the box. When I double click the box it brings
up properties. What is wrong anyone know?

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Matt Campbell
mattc (at) saunatec [dot] com

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[Jay Freedman]

I have check boxes on my word document. This is a document created by
another user. It will not let me check the box. When I double click
the box it brings up properties. What is wrong anyone know?

The check boxes are form fields, and the document has to be "protected for
forms" to switch the fields from design mode (where the properties are
available) to operating mode. To do that in Word 2003 or earlier, click View

Toolbars > Forms. On that toolbar, click the lock icon. Note that

everything outside the form fields will not be editable while the document
is protected; click the lock icon again to turn protection off.

If you have Word 2007, you can add the lock icon to the Quick Access
Toolbar -- right-click the Quick Access Toolbar and choose Customize, then
select the Lock item in the All Commands category and click the Add button.

See http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=22 for a tutorial on
forms.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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