Word 2007 Vista Enterprise. Where in Word 2007 is the setting (if any??) for toggling the gray highlight/background in form fields. Thanks very much. (I just found that I had written a macro to do this a long time ago in Word 2003 and it still works. But where is the explicit setting in Word itself?).
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Remove a check box from a Microsoft Word document in a few simple steps. Before undertaking this process, you should first understand how to add the check box. Users typically insert check boxes into a Word document when creating a checklist or when attempting to give an ordinary bulleted list a fancier look.
Inserting
To add a check box to your Word document, click on the arrow on the right side of the “Bullets” button located on the “Home” tab of the user interface window. Next, select “Define New Bullet,” then “Symbol” from the resulting window. Locate the check box you want to use from the list of symbols, click “OK,” and then “OK” again on the initial window. This process inserts the check box into your document and will create a new check box each time you press “Enter” to create a new line of text.
Removing Boxes
Remove a check box from your Word document by highlighting the line from which you want to remove the box or by placing the cursor somewhere on the line that contains the box. If you want to remove multiple check boxes, highlight all of the lines you want to change. Click on the arrow on the right side of the “Bullets” button. From the next window, select the “None” option in the “Bullet Library” section. With the check box removed, you can proceed to work on the document with the settings that were in place before you undertook the editing process.
Electronic Checklist
Typically, Word documents that contain check boxes are intended for use in printed form, such as for a questionnaire or test, which is checked off with a pen or pencil. You can also create a checklist that is checked off electronically within a Word document. Because this involves creating table with two columns and however many rows your checklist requires, removing the check box is done by deleting the table’s left column. Removing the check boxes in this type of checklist does not remove the table.
Considerations
Although most check boxes are square or rectangular in shape, you can add check boxes of different shapes and sizes to your Microsoft Word document. Select the shape you want to use from the “Symbol” list to give your checklist a different look. Remove these check boxes using the same method used to delete traditionally-shaped check boxes. As you adjust the text size in your document, the check box sizes are adjusted accordingly.
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Protecting a Form
You must protect a legacy form to use its fields. With content controls, protecting the form is optional but recommended.
There are several types of document protection, but the type we’re interested in here makes the document uneditable except in the form fields.
To protect a form, follow these steps:
- On the Developer tab, click Restrict Editing. The Restrict Editing task pane opens.
- In the Editing Restrictions section, mark the Allow Only This Type of Editing in the Document check box.
- Open the drop-down list below the check box and choose Filling In Forms (see Figure 16.17). Figure 16.17. Set up protection for the form so that only the fields are editable.
- Click Yes, Start Enforcing Protection. The Start Enforcing Protection dialog box opens. If this button is not available, make sure you are not still in Design Mode. Click Design Mode on the Developer tab to turn it off if needed.
- To put a password on the protection (recommended), type the desired password in the Enter New Password (Optional) box, and then retype it in the Reenter Password to Confirm box.
- Click OK.
The Restrict Editing task pane remains open; close it if desired by clicking the X in its upper-right corner.
To remove the protection so you can further edit the form, follow these steps:
- If the Restrict Editing task pane is not already displayed, click Restrict Editing on the Developer tab.
- Click Stop Protection.
- If you put a password on the protection, a dialog box appears prompting you for the password; enter it and click OK.
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