Microsoft® Word - Check box form fields
Why
use check box form fields?
Check box form fields can be used for any activity or form that provides a multiple choice answer format and are particularly useful where the answer requires more than one option to be selected from a list.
This example shows boxes beside each statement. The learner must click onto the box and it will become ‘checked’. This particular example shows three boxes that have been checked.
How to create check box form fields
The following instructions will help you create the simple check box activity shown above.
- Open Word and start with
a new blank document.
- Open the Forms toolbar.
Go to View > Toolbars > Forms.
- Insert the title ‘Checklist for ICT Skills’ and below this text type the following:
Word Processing Skills
Tick if you can…
Use the basic features of a word processing programme.
Open, edit and save documents.
Use formatting techniques such as headings, emphasis, fonts and font sizes.
Insert a picture (Clip Art or by copying and pasting images).
- Place the cursor
in front of ‘Use
the basic features…’ and click
onto the Check Box Form Field icon
(
)
on the Forms toolbar. This
will place a grey box at the mouse insertion
point. Repeat at the start of the next
three lines.
- To activate, and confirm
the check box form fields select the Protect
Form (
)
icon from the Forms toolbar.
Click onto a grey box and see if the check
symbol (X) is fully visible. Click back onto
the Protect Form icon.
- To fully protect the document
so that it avoids any accidental amendment
by a user go to Tools > Protect
Document. Type in a password to
allow amendment.
- Save the document as ICT skills checklist to your E-Guides USB memory stick.
Now that you have tried a check box form field activity why not create another one?
You
could also look at Data
storage, input and output devices on SDELC Module
7.0: E-learning content > Information
about using Microsoft Word > Check box
form fields > Data storage, input and
output devices. Follow the instructions
to create the more advanced check box activity.
This document will also show more advanced
options to protect the document from changes.
Suggestions for use
The following are examples of learning materials produced using Microsoft® Word. Check box form fields can be placed inside a table or beside images to check understanding.
Further resources:
