Assigning delete text macro to check box

[PhenyxFire]

Hello,

I am trying to set up a macro, or other option, in an unlocked Risk
Assessment form using Word 2007. There are 15 sections to this form, but not
all are needed, it depends on the coverages the policyholder selects. In the
old locked 2000 version, if the coverage wasn't needed, the user would simply
click on the N/A check box and scroll to the next section. If only two
coverages were needed, it left a 15 page form for just a few pages. In 2007,
I would like them to be able to check off a check box and have the
unnecessary sections disappear, leaving only the needed sections showing (if
possible).

I'm new to 2007 (seriously missing 2000). I have searched multiple sites for
info and tried to piece them together with no luck. It seems like it's
possible to do, based on what I've read, but I'm not sure how to do it or if
what I would like to do is the best option. If anyone has suggestions for my
idea or other ways of accomplishing this, I would love to hear them. Please
keep in mind I need to keep the "click or check here/delete this section"
check box or button on the form itself and not on the quick access toolbar or
the add-ins tab. This form will be used by people who may not know how to use
Word very well and would not understand how to use the add-ins tab or the
toolbar. Think of it this way, if the red arrow isn't blinking and pointing
to a specific item to click or press, they won't know what to do.

More thanks than I can even express in advance!

PhenyxFire

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

I believe that you need to be using something a bit more sophisticated than
a form in a Word document for this. An issue with using checkboxes in a
document itself is if the user changes their mind, how do you reinstate what
they have hidden or deleted by their previous action (apart from using the
built in Undo button)

For this sort of thing, I would set up a template containing a userform into
which the user entered the data and you could have checkboxes on that form
that the use would check to indicate what sections of the document were
required.

See the following pages of Greg Maxey's website :

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



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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com