How can I get checkboxes checked when running a mail merge?

[Z]

I am trying to create a form for employees to verify that the information we
have about them is correct. I use mail merge to fill out all of the
standard info for them to make things a bit easier like name, address,
phone, etc. but I would like to have check boxes for gender and pay type
(hourly/salary).

For example, if the database has "male" under gender, then I would like the
checkbox for Male to be checked or not based upon the info.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

You could do this with IF fields and the checkbox symbols.

{ IF "{ MergeField "Gender" }" = "M" "X" "_" }

With X and _ indicating the checked and unchecked box symbols.

I'm not sure that this would be amenable to the checkbox fields used in the
FAX templates but you could try it.
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