This makes it so the only thing people can do is check those boxes (or uncheck them). If it did, anyone could come in when they went to fill it out and change the text, make edits, and so on. Word is smart, and it won't let you actually check the checkboxes if you're still editing and working on the form. Once you've added all the checkboxes you want, and you're ready to make your form interactive, there's one step that remains. So just make sure your cursor is located where you want the checkbox to be. If you click on it, a checkbox will be added to your Word document wherever your cursor is. You'll see the 'Check box' option on that Developer ribbon, around the middle. This will bring up a whole new Ribbon that looks like this: Step 3: Add your Checkboxes You'll see two little arrows at the end of that menu, and if you click on them you'll see a 'Developer' option – click the 'Developer' button. Now, when you go back to your word document, you'll see that more options have been added to your ribbon (that's the menu at the top of your document, with the options 'Home', 'Insert', 'Draw', 'Design', Layout', and so on). Just check that box and hit 'Save' and then go back to your word document. When you get to the bottom, you'll see the 'Developer' checkbox (like in the image below), and it will likely be unchecked.

There are a lot of choices there, but just look on the right side under the 'Main Tabs' drop down and scroll to the bottom of that long list (many things will likely already be checked). Just click on the Ribbon & Toolbar button and you'll see the Ribbon & Toolbar menu. This will bring up the following menu, where you'll see an option for 'Ribbon & Toolbar', like this: Select the 'Preferences' option under the Word menu. Go to the Word tab in your main Word menu (up at the top of your screen) and select 'Preferences' from the dropdown. In order to add interactive checkboxes directly into your Word document (like, that users can check off on their computers/electronically), you'll need to enable some special tools. How to Add Checkboxes to a Word Document – the Interactive Way If you use a Windows machine or have a different version of Word, some of this might differ a bit. Just a quick note: this is a tutorial for Mac using Office 2019. With just a few adjustments and clicks, you can insert checkboxes right into Word – so let's see how you can do it. There are two main types of checkboxes: interactive (that let a user check the box while in the Word document on their computers), and not interactive (that you'd use if you were printing something for people to fill out). Fortunately, it's not too difficult to add checkboxes to your Microsoft Word documents.

There are times when you'll want to check items off a list or mark them as complete on a form.

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