Check boxes don't work for other users!

[Guest]

I used the instructions found at
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/add_check_boxes.htm to create check boxes in a
document. However, when I send this document to other users, they can't get
the check boxes to work. I tried installing the macro on one user's PC, but
it still didn't work. Is there some way to embed the macro in the file so it
can be used by others as well?

Thanks...

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can save macros in a document but not AutoText entries, which also must
be present for the macros to work.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Thanks, Suzanne. I did load the Auto Text into the other PC, though, and it
still didn't work. ???

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I've never understood how Greg's method works. If you start with one of the
fax cover sheet templates that ship with Word and create a template based on
it, it will contain the necessary macros and AutoText entries.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Thanks again, Suzanne. Unfortunately, I'm working in a document that was
created by someone else, and it didn't start out as an MS template. So I'm
trying to create the check boxes from scratch, which is why I tried Greg's
method. I'm just not sure why, if the document has the macro and autotext
and the autotext is on the other person's PC, it's not working right.

I'd hate to create the whole document from scratch, using the template as a
base, but with the amount of time I've spent on it today, I could have done
that a couple of times!