Next you can select the check box that is either checked or unchecked, and insert it into your Word document. Method 2: Insert Clickable Check Box in Word 2016. Microsoft Word also allows you to insert check boxes that are clickable. Checkbox once clicked is checked and on second click it gets unchecked. While it may look complicated, the truth is that knowing how to add check box in word could be straightforward with the right steps. Having said that, this article will look at two ways on how to create a check box in word as well as other alternatives to word document. Part 1: How to Add Checkbox in Word; Part 2: Advantages of PDF Format.
Recently, I created a rough draft survey form using Microsoft Office Word. However, upon working halfway, I was caught in a dilemma on how to add a check box to each item that will allow the reader to mark them. I heard that the software has this function, but I wasn’t sure where to find it.
After a few attempts, I successfully found not just the check box form control, but also custom bullets in the library.The Microsoft Office Word is packed with quite a number of options in the Ribbon. But for now we’ll focus on the small stuff: the bullets. The default design is a black circular dot. You may also change it into an arrow, diamond or check among other options. How to add a check box in items and custom bullets1.
Launch your Microsoft Word and click the little arrow beside the bullets.2. The arrow is a drop-down menu of the bullet and document library.
Click “Define New Bullet.”3. A “Customise Bulleted list” window pops up; click the “Bullet” button, which is between the “Font” and “Picture” found on the left side.4. Once you click the “Bullet”, a pop up “Symbol” window shows up. You’ll see the dot symbol as selected because that’s the default one. Click the “Symbol” button and the font menu is shown.5.
Scroll and find the “Wingdings 2” font, and you’ll see the box below.6. Choose your desired check box design on the window and click “OK.” You may also check the “Wingdings 1” and “Wingdings 3” fonts for more options.7. You will see the check box in the bullet library just like the default ones. You may add a check box bullet in multiple items.Note: These check boxes can’t be marked digitally – they’re applicable to printed documents only.In case you want put a single check box beside an item, go to the drop down menu under “Recent Used Bullets,” and choose the check box.It is also possible to put content control on the check boxes, but you have to activate the Developers tab, and there’s a caveat, too. How to add check box with content controlTo activate the “Developers” tab and integrate the content control for the check boxes, we must navigate the Microsoft Office Word settings.For Windows users: click any place in the Word pane and choose “Customise The Ribbon.” You’ll see the “Developer” option; click and then click “OK.”For OS X users: Go to “Preferences - Ribbon” and check the “Developer” option.ConclusionWhether you’re Windows or Mac OS X users, the “Check Box” will appear in the Ribbon. However, the caveat is that you can’t add a check box in multiple items like how you add default bullets. It requires you to manually add a check box in a to-do list or survey, which is quite a tedious task (copy and paste) – a function that won’t make your tech life easier – but it works.
If you would like to include a small survey in the message body of an Outlook email, you will definitely wish to insert checkboxes. This article will introduce 2 simple workarounds.When it comes to carrying out a survey in Outlook, “Vote” feature will be the best choice. With regard to “Vote”, you can refer to another article – “”. But if you hope to design a questionnaire directly in message body, which should include checkboxes, you can choose either from the following two methods. Method 1: Utilize Symbols in Outlook.
At the outset, create a new Outlook email. Then compose the texts in message body as usual.
And select the target texts which you want to add the checkboxes before. After that, switch to “Format Text” and click the down arrow of “Bullets” button.
From the drop down list, select “Define New Bullet” option. In the popup “Define New Bullet” dialog box, click “Symbol” button. Next in “Symbol” dialog, choose the symbol which looks like checkbox.
After selecting, click several “OK” until all the dialog boxes are closed. Finally you will see all the checkboxes have been added before the selected option texts in email message body. But these checkboxes are just symbols, so you cannot check off them.Method 2: Recur to Checkbox Controls in MS Word. To start with, open MS Word. Then switch to “Insert” tab and click “Table” button. Insert a new table with 2 columns. After that, verify whether “Developer” tab is enabled in MS Word.
If not, go to “File” “Options” “Customize Ribbon” to activate “Developer” tab. Next in the document interface, switch to “Developer” tab. Put your cursor in the cell where you wish to insert checkbox control.
And click on “Check Box Content Control” button in the group of “Controls”. Repeat the step 4 to insert several checkbox controls, and input the concrete checkbox texts besides each cell of the checkbox controls. Later select the entire table and shift to “Layout” tab in “Table Tools”. Click “AutoFit” “AutoFit Contents” to adjust the table size. Copy the selected table by “Ctrl + C” key buttons. Turn to Outlook and create a new email.
In the new message window, press “Ctrl + V” to paste the copied table. Now you will get the table with clickable checkbox control in an Outlook email. You can check off the options at will. Finally you can compose the email and click “Send” button to send it out as usual.By this means, the created checkboxes in your Outlook are clickable. But from the perspective of recipients, the checkboxes in their received email aren’t clickable. Thus, if you would like to create selectable checkbox for recipients, you can apply Outlook “Vote” feature.
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