How do I set up an option button in MS Word

[Ella Taylor]

I have designed a survey form and I want to use the option button for the
user to select their choice.

 

[Jonathan West]

I have designed a survey form and I want to use the option button for the
user to select their choice.

Word forms don't have option buttons. With some effort and VBA code you can
get checkboxes to act as option buttons.

The simplest option is to use a dropdown list instead of a set of options,
but if you want to get into the VBA needed to bully checkboxes into behaving
as option buttons, read this sequence of articles.

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Adding automation to your Word forms.
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Use custom dialog boxes in your Word forms.
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