'CheckIt / UnCheckIt' checkboxes in my doc?

[Graham Crooks]

I'd like to create check boxes in a document like those in say the Fax
templates. The resulting document will get used in a networked environment
where there is a mixture of PCs Thin Client Terminals and Web/File Servers so
any functionality must be inside the document. The help files don't explain
how to replicate this useful effect.

Please can anyone help with a step-by-step guide in plain language of how to
achieve this neat trick?

Tried copying the macros from Normal.dot into my document, but there must be
more to it than that - unfortunately I don't know which piece of the puzzle
I'm missing.

Any help much appreciated.

 

[Jay Freedman]

I'd like to create check boxes in a document like those in say the Fax
templates. The resulting document will get used in a networked
environment where there is a mixture of PCs Thin Client Terminals and
Web/File Servers so any functionality must be inside the document.
The help files don't explain how to replicate this useful effect.

Please can anyone help with a step-by-step guide in plain language of
how to achieve this neat trick?

Tried copying the macros from Normal.dot into my document, but there
must be more to it than that - unfortunately I don't know which
piece of the puzzle I'm missing.

Any help much appreciated.

Besides the macros, you need the AutoText entries they refer to. Full
instructions are at http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Add_Toggle_Ojects.htm.

You'll have a problem, though, because AutoText entries can't be stored in a
document. They must be in a template. You need to make that template
available to the users. If you can do that, then the macros should also be
in the same template. Having macros in a document will always cause Word to
display the macro security warning or, if the user's security level is High,
Word will silently disable all macros. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DistributeMacros.htm for suggestions.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

There are a number of ways to create and use clickable checkboxes in
documents / templates. Some require protected or locked forms, others do
not. Take a look at the Checkbox template available at
http://www.addbalance.com/word/download.htm#CheckboxAddIn for an exploration
of these. As already noted, any use of the CheckIt/UncheckIt macros requires
associated AutoText entries which cannot be stored in a document. You can
put them in a distributed document or global template.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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