Re: How to check a check box?

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Don't ask the users to do it (although it's a per-document setting and won't
cause problems with any of their other files). Let them send you the entire
form, and you can then set the flag and resave it (under another,
standardized filename if desired). And no, any kind of macro in the
document/template will just make it less likely that users will be able to
fill out the form properly.

I would suggest that you experiment with this thoroughly (fill out a form,
save data only, and examine what the results are and what you can do with
them) before adopting this course.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"George Yachán" <2muchspam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23p0OlGuPFHA.244@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Amazing! Thank you!
>
> Last question: Getting all Users to change that setting might be asking a
> lot for many of them. Can I write something in VBA which will set the
"Save
> Data only for froms" flag when the doc was opened or would any code like
> that be likely to run into security/permission problems?
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uzFlW2tPFHA.1476@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Send it as a template (.dot file), which will require each user to
create
> > a
> > new document based on the template. In the covering email, provide
> > guidelines for file naming. That will take care of the names.
> >
> > There is then a "Save data only for forms" option on the Save tab of
Tools
> > |
> > Options. I'm not sure exactly what format this creates--comma-separated
> > values, though, I think. In any case, you could then use Insert | File
or
> > Graham Mayor's Boiler.dot add-in (see
http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm)
> > to concatenate the files.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
> > so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "George Yachán" <2muchspam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:%23UJbE4sPFHA.1564@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Well the form works great, but now I have a new challange. I would like
> >> to
> >> send my Word doc out to 50 users as an email attachement and ask them
to
> >> fill it in. When the users reply, I can see that I am going to end up
> >> with
> >> multiple copies of my original doc, all with the same file name but
each
> >> containing separate data. How do I handle the replys without opening
each
> > on
> >> and manually cutting and pasting the responses? Is there a good way to
> >> automatically get those data into something like an Excel workbook?
> >>
> >> "George Yachán" <2muchspam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:O2bJjTqPFHA.1268@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > That was all I needed to know. Thank you very much!!
> >> >
> >> > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> > news:%23zXoBLqPFHA.2824@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> When the document is protected, the box may be checked by clicking
> >> >> with
> >> >> the
> >> >> mouse or by tabbing to it and pressing the spacebar.
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> >> >> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> >> >> Words into Type
> >> >> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> >> >> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> >> >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> > newsgroup
> >> >> so
> >> >> all may benefit.
> >> >>
> >> >> "George Yachán" <2muchspam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> >> news:uhQA98pPFHA.3596@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >>> I am trying to construct a Word doc which can be emailed, filled in
> > and
> >> >>> returned (Would that be an online form?) with some text boxes and
> >> >>> some
> >> >>> yes/no check boxes. The text boxes work fine and while I have no
> > trouble
> >> >>> adding the check boxes to the form but I can't figure out how User
is
> >> >>> supposed to select them.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> The only way I can place an X in one is to double click it in order
> >> >>> to
> >> >> open
> >> >>> the "Check Box Form Field Options" dialog box and then select the
> >> >>> appropriate Default value. Surely this is not the normal way to
check
> >> >>> the
> >> >>> box, but then please tell me how else to do it?
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>

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