How to Create a check box in a Word Document that is not a Form

[Linda]

I have a Document that is not a locked form that I would like to add check
boxes that act like the check boxes .in the Contemporary Fax Template. You
can check and uncheck by clicking int he box

 

[Russ]

If you are using Word2007, read this quote
"Jay Freedman wrote:

No, Microsoft is definitely _not_ working on "fixing" this because
they don't think it's "broken". What they're doing instead, starting
with Word 2007, is providing content controls that do much the same
things as form fields (plus a lot more) but don't require the document
to be protected at all. Protected forms will eventually fade into the
museum of dead features. Unfortunately, in this first pass they seem
to have forgotten to include a check box type among the content
controls."

 

[Jay Freedman]

I have a Document that is not a locked form that I would like to add check
boxes that act like the check boxes .in the Contemporary Fax Template. You
can check and uncheck by clicking int he box

See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Add_Toggle_Objects.htm

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Jay Freedman]

That discussion, taken somewhat out of context, doesn't apply to the
original question in this thread. Word 2007 does still have check box
form fields for protected forms, and the macro-driven technique used
by the fax templates and discussed in
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Add_Toggle_Objects.htm still works. It's
just that there isn't a check box among the new content controls, so
you can't completely replace protected forms with unprotected content
controls.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[ksoder]

This has been driving me CRAZY! I finally found a solution! I had created a
form with check boxes before 2007. Soooo I just copied that box and pasted
it into my new 2007 doc - it works! Don't understand why it's not in the
ribbon hidden somewhere, but there's the solution!

 

[bounder]

I have a Document that is not a locked form that I would like to add check
boxes that act like the check boxes .in the Contemporary Fax Template. You
can check and uncheck by clicking int he box

 

[Stefan Blom]

See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Add_Toggle_Objects.htm.

 

[Greg Maxey]

And here is my hack at creating a content control checkbox:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Custom_CC_Checkboxes.htm