How to Mark the Checkbox in a Word Document Step. Open Microsoft Word 2007. Open the document that contains the checkmark. Click on the 'Developer' tab. If you do not see the Developer tab, then do the following. Double-click the checkbox you want checked. Double-click the checkbox you want.
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Make a checklist for checking off items in Word
Show the Developer tab
If the developer tab isn't already visible, see Show the Developer tab.
Make your list
- Type the list.
- Go to Developer and select the Check Box Content Control at the beginning of the first line.
- To change the default X to something else, see Make changes to checkboxes.
- Copy and paste the check box control at the beginning of each line.
- Select a checkbox to put an X (or other character) in the check box.
Add hanging indentation
If some list items are more than one line long, use hanging indents to align them.
- Select the list. Bullets or numbers won’t look selected.
- Go to the Home tab and select the Paragraph dialog box launcher .
- Under Indentation, in the Left box, type 0.25.
- Under Special, choose Hanging.
- For By, Word sets a default value of 0.5 inches. Change this if you want your additional lines indented differently.
- Click OK when finished.
Lock the text and controls to prevent changes
- Select the list and checkboxes.
- Go to the Developer tab and select Group > Group.To unlock the list, select the list and choose Group > Ungroup.
Create a print only list
- Go to Home and select the down arrow next to the Bullets button.
- In the drop down menu, select Define New Bullet.
- Select Symbol and find a box character. If you don't initially see one, change Font to Wingdings or Segoe UI Symbol.
- Select OK twice, and create your list.
Make a checklist you can check off in Word
To create a list that you can check off in Word, add content controls for checkboxes to your document.
Show the Developer tab
For more info if the developer tab isn't already visible in Word, see Show the Developer tab.
Make your list
- Create your list.
- Place you cursor at the start of the first line.
- Go to the Developer tab, and then click Check Box.
- If you want a space after the check box, press Tab or Spacebar.Use a Tab character if you want to format the list item with hanging indentation, like Word applies to bulleted lists.
- Select and copy (⌘ + C) the check box and any tabs or spaces.
- Place the cursor at the start of the each list item, and paste (⌘ + V ) the copied check box and characters.
- Paste the checkbox at the start of each line in your list.
Add hanging indentation
If some of the list items are longer than one line, use hanging indentation to align them.
- Select the list.
- Go to Format and select Paragraph.
- Under Indentation, type 0.25 in the Left box.
- In the Special list, click Hanging.For By, Word sets a default value of 0.5 inches. Change this if you want your additional lines indented differently.
Make a print only check list
You can replace the bullets or numbers in a list with another symbol, such as a box can be checked on a printed version of your document.
- Select the entire list.
- Select Home and select the arrow next to Bullets.
- Select Define New Bullet.
- Select Bullet, and choose a symbol from the table of symbols.For more choices, in the Font box choose a symbol font, such as Wingdings.
- Select a symbol to use, such as an open box ( ) or a three-dimensional box ( ).
- Click OK, and then click OK again.
Word for the web supports only the on-paper form of checklist.
- Write your list, and then select it.
- On the Home tab, choose the down-arrow next to the Bullets list to open the bullet library, and then choose the checkbox symbol.
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 bullets
1. 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.
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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 control
To 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.
Conclusion
Whether 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.
To mark it, right click the box and choose “Properties” and change the Default value into “Checked.”
Let me know how it works for you.