Check box on form (Word 2002)

[Julie]

Hi;

I have some forms (which are protected) where the user can
click once on the checkbox to place an "X".

I also have forms that are not protected. In this case,
you have to double-click, and then use a dialog box to
choose "checked". Is there any way around this?

Can I create a macro that places an X (or removes the X if
it is there) on one click?

Or am I dreaming the impossible dream?

Thanks and have a fun day.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Julie,

I have some forms (which are protected) where the user can
click once on the checkbox to place an "X".

I also have forms that are not protected. In this case,
you have to double-click, and then use a dialog box to
choose "checked". Is there any way around this?

Can I create a macro that places an X (or removes the X if
it is there) on one click?

Since you don't describe how the checkboxes actually work in
the unprotected forms, I don't know quite what to say about
these...

It *is* possible to make a checkbox kind of thing that works
with only one click. It means using MacroButton fields, with
a macro that exchanges the current display with an AutoText
entry that has the alternate checkbox status. You'll find
examples of this in all the FAX templates Microsoft delivers
with Word.

There's a simple bit of code you can add to the macros that
will change the number of clicks required from double to a
single click:
Application.Options.ButtonFieldClicks = 1

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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