I'm using a check box in a form, but don't know if it's active

[8Racegirl]

I have inserted check boxes into fields in a Word table. I don't understand
how the user of the form gets the box to be checked or unchecked when using
the form.

 

[Jezebel]

You have to protect the form, by clicking the padlock on the forms toolbar.
The usual practice is to protect the template: then forms created from the
template are protected automatically.