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| 228864 | 2004-04-12 09:07:00 | Can someone tell me please how to add a series of tick boxes to a MS Word document I am working on (survey questionnaire). I can do this by using an autoshape but was wondering if there is an easier way. Thanks - M | Mike-Y (908) | ||
| 228865 | 2004-04-12 10:01:00 | Mike-Y I always draw a small textbox (very similar to what you have done using one of the autoshapes). Once you have the size you want, select it and copy it to the clipboard. Paste the desired number of shapes and align the boxes vertically and horizontally. You can also choose Insert, Symbol, Wingdings and insert one from there. This method might be faster for you, but you have less control as to size and placement. Oxie (Lyn) |
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| 228866 | 2004-04-12 10:03:00 | View, toolbars, control toolbox is what you are looking for. | wotz (335) | ||
| 228867 | 2004-04-12 10:27:00 | I think an autoshape is as good a way as any. You can draw one of the size and proportions you want and then just copy and paste to replicate it. Set the properties to "lock anchor" and "move with text" to keep the relationship between the box and the text constant. If you want a precise relationship between boxes and adjoining text, you could create a multicolumn table and create boxes by putting borders around the cells in each row that are to be check boxes, with none around the cells that have text - probably more hassle than it is worth, though for a survey that may well have a natural table-like format it could work. Just to prove there are always many ways to do things, you could also use the controls toolbar and create actual checkboxes with accompanying text. FWIW, I just looked back at a survey document I created several years ago, and that was all done with autoshapes for the tick boxes. HTH Tony Bacon |
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| 228868 | 2004-04-12 10:38:00 | in 2003, make a Form Template. Go to help and type in Forms to learn how | Greg S (201) | ||
| 228869 | 2004-04-12 21:31:00 | Many thanks for all your replies - much appreciated :-) | Mike-Y (908) | ||
| 228870 | 2004-04-13 02:31:00 | easiest way by far is: insert -symbol and then go to wingdings or something similar | falvrez (390) | ||
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