If you wish to make changes in the document, you have to remove protection by entering the valid password.ġ. Important: Remember that you cannot edit a protected document.
#INSERT CHECK BOX WORD 2003 PASSWORD#
Enter a password and retype password. Your document is protected and the check box is now clickable. The Start Enforcing Protection dialog box appears, which prompts you to enter a password.ĥ. Click button Yes, Start Enforcing Protection. Select Filling in forms option from the drop-down list. From this dialog box, select option Allow only this type of editing in the document option.
Restrict Formatting and Editing task pane appears on the right hand side.ģ. From the drop-down menu, click Restrict Formatting and Editing. Under the Developer tab, within the group Protect, click icon Protect Document.
This step is applicable to all other controls as well.ġ. To disable design mode, click the Design Mode icon within the Controls group.Īlso, you should enforce protection to the document (or form) before you share it with others to capture information. By the way, you cannot use the checkbox in design mode. Note: If you wish, you can remove the shading of the check box by clicking the Form Field Shading icon under Legacy Form.Ĥ. By default, the checkbox is in design mode (you can see the Design Mode icon being enabled within the Controls group) Word creates a check box at the cursor position. Under the section Legacy Form, click the check box icon as shown in the below image. Under the group Controls, click the Legacy Tools button. Now, you can view the Developer tab in the Ribbon. On the dialog box, under the category Popular (see on the left hand side), select the option Developer tab in the Ribbon. Click the Word Options button from the bottom of the list. If you are unable to find this tab in the Ribbon, most likely you need to enable this using the Word Options dialog box.ġ. These elements are available under the tab menu Developer in the Word Ribbon.
You can use these elements to create a form in Word. The Spike is a useful feature if you need to quickly and easily rearrange and move non-contiguous text or create a new document from pieces of another document.Word has this nice feature which enables insertion of text fields, check boxes, drop-down lists, etc. In the Editing options section, select the Use smart paragraph selection check box so there is no check mark in the check box.Ĭlick OK to close the Options dialog box. On the Options dialog box, click the Edit tab. To turn off Smart Paragraph Selection in Word 2003 or earlier, select Options from the Tools menu. In the Editing options section on the right, select the Use smart paragraph selection check box so there is no check mark in the check box.Ĭlick OK to close the Word Options dialog box. On the Word Options dialog box, click Advanced in the list on the left. To do this in Word 2007, select Word Options from the Office menu. You might want to turn off Smart Paragraph Selection to avoid creating blank lines between each of the items on the Spike. With Smart Paragraph Selection enabled, it’s impossible to select a paragraph without grabbing that final paragraph mark as well. You may have noticed that when you pasted the contents of the Spike, there was an extra blank line between each item you added to the Spike. The Spike is automatically selected once it is found and you can see the contents of the Spike in the Preview box below the list of AutoText entries. On the AutoText tab, type “ spike” (without the quotes) in the Enter AutoText entries here edit box to quickly find the Spike in the list. To view the contents of the Spike, if you are using Word 2003 or earlier, select AutoText | AutoText from the Insert menu. Click the Spike in the list on the left to display a preview of the text and/or graphics the Spike currently contains. In Word 2007, the Building Blocks Organizer dialog box displays. To do this in Word 2007 and later, click the Insert tab on the ribbon and find the Quick Parts button in the Text section.Ĭlick the arrow on the Quick Parts button and select Building Blocks Organizer, if you are using Word 2007, or AutoText, if you are using Word 2010, from the drop-down menu.
You can also view the contents of the Spike without pasting the contents or emptying the Spike. If you don’t want to clear the Spike when you paste the contents of it, place the insertion point where you want to paste the contents, type “ spike” (without the quotes), and press F3. Pressing Ctrl + Shift + F3 also erases all the information in the Spike. All the information in the Spike (not just the last text you cut into there) is pasted into your document at the insertion point. Press Ctrl + Shift + F3 to paste the text from the Spike at the insertion point. To paste the collected text, place the insertion point at the location in the current document, a new document, or another existing document where you want to paste the text.