[mso] Re: Circle check off box in a Word form
- From: "Dian D. Chapman" <dian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:55:33 -0500
First let's get the terminology right...that is not a "circular checkbox" it
is an "Option Button" and it works differently than a checkbox.
A square checkbox means that you can click as many of the items that have
the checkbox as needed. You can check the first one and still check the
second one and the first one will remain checked (unless you do some
advanced programming to force Word's form field checkboxes to work
differently).
The Option Button is also called a "radio button." That is because, like the
old push button car radios, when you click on one, the other pops
up...because you can ONLY choose one at a time (unlike the checkbox that
allows you to check several items). Option buttons only allow ONE of the
items to be selected. If you click on one, any other selected option button
become deselected.
So for starters, you're talking about two different items. So it's not a
matter of which one you like better as far as appearance, but which one
serves the purposes for your needs. Do you want to allow users to select
several items in one group? Do you want to allow users to only select one
item in a group?
The next issue is that no....Word form fields do not offer an option button.
Granted, as I said, you CAN write programming code and add a frame that
causes the form field checkboxes to work like an option button. But even so,
they still won't become circular, since there are no "controls" like that as
form fields.
BUT...there is an option button control on the Control Toolbox toolbar.
However, do not assume that the controls in the control toolbox are the same
as the controls on the form field toolbar...they are different and work
differently. Form fields need only to have the document protected to
activate. Controls in the Control Toolbox are ActiveX controls and require
VBA programming code to work.
See this link below for many links to articles I've written on Word
forms...including one that explains how to code checkboxes to work like
option button (Creating Test Forms in Word).
Hope this helps...
Dian D. Chapman, Technical Consultant
Microsoft MVP, MOS Certified
Editor/TechTrax Ezine
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-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Gamiles, John
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:12 PM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Circle check off box in a Word form
Is it possible to have a circular check off button in a Word form? In
all the templates I looked at on the MS office website, the standard
square checkbox was shown. But I have form that has a circle as the
checkbox and haven't found an example where the checkbox was circular.
John Gamiles
Finance & Planning Manager
Hillsboro Print Center - Weyerhaeuser
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