Check Box

[The Wolf]

If you insert those in a word document how do you put a X in the box to show
a to do is completed?

 

[John McGhie]

Double-click it

If you insert those in a word document how do you put a X in the box to show
a to do is completed?

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[The Wolf]

OK, I'm doing something wrong here?

When I double click the check box it brings up an options window. All I want
is a checkmark in the box..............

 

[John McGhie]

There are two kinds of Checkboxes. The HTML Checkbox and the Forms checkbox
from the Forms toolbar.

For the first, you doubt-click and change it to Checked or not.

For the second, double-click and you can set the Default: to checked or
unchecked.

If you protect the document for forms, you can simply double-click the
second variety and it will toggle checked or unchecked.

If you do not want to protect the whole document (because you can't type in
a protected document) then surround the checkboxes with section breaks and
protect just the section that they are in.

Cheers

OK, I'm doing something wrong here?

When I double click the check box it brings up an options window. All I want
is a checkmark in the box..............

--
Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Sydney, Australia. S33°53'34.20 E151°14'54.50
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[The Wolf]

Thanks for all your help. The checkboxes now work.

They are grey and the actual check is not bold so they are a bit hard to see
on my screen.

Any formatting tips to make them pop a little more?

 

[CyberTaz]

To get rid of the gray click the Form Field Shading button on the Forms
toolbar to turn the shading OFF. Unfortunately there isn't anything to be
done about the non-bold X that appears in the box [short of VBA, perhaps].

BTW - Once the form is protected, it need only be clicked _once_ to reverse
the status -- dbl-click isn't necessary

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[The Wolf]

Thanks.

To get rid of the gray click the Form Field Shading button on the Forms
toolbar to turn the shading OFF. Unfortunately there isn't anything to be
done about the non-bold X that appears in the box [short of VBA, perhaps].

BTW - Once the form is protected, it need only be clicked _once_ to reverse
the status -- dbl-click isn't necessary

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Thanks for all your help. The checkboxes now work.

They are grey and the actual check is not bold so they are a bit hard to see
on my screen.

Any formatting tips to make them pop a little more?