How to change X in checkbox to a check (in forms)

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Guest

When inserting a checkbox field in a form template in Word 2000, the default
is an X (or cross) when clicking on the box. How do I change this to a check
or tick mark?
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

You don't.

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G

Guest

It is funny how the icon for checkmark is a tick but when you use it, it is a
cross.

Human-computer interface at work!
 
C

Charles Kenyon

You can't make a tick in a forms checkbox. But that isn't the only way to
make a checkbox. 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.

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Guest

Form fields are really handy if you need to extract data from your survey
forms (and can be converted to PDF forms as well). I realize you can
probably do that with activecontrol objects but forms are tidier as you can
lock the document, line it up in a table etc.

Actually I'd use Acrobat for forms rather than Word.
 
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MC

Wanda said:
When inserting a checkbox field in a form template in Word 2000, the default
is an X (or cross) when clicking on the box. How do I change this to a check
or tick mark?
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