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macropod · 11-15-2012, 04:40 PM

Hi NP85,

I hadn't noticed that you're using Office 2003. Instead, I infeered from your reference to 'a checkbox from the control toolbox toolbar' that you meant a content control checkbox, which is only applicable to Office 2010 & later.

The attached document demonstrates the technique using a checkbox formfield, which Office 2003 can use. The checkbox is linked to an 'on exit' macro that updates a custom document property named 'ChkState' and a DOCPROPERTY field in the document to reflect the changed content. Do be aware that using formfields requires the use of Word's forms protection, which restricts editing to the filling in of formfields in the document and/or typing in unprotected Sections of the document.