WD97: VB Code to Check, Uncheck Word Dialog Box Check Boxes

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

In Word 97, when you click to select a check box in a dialog box, the check box has a value of true (-1). When you click to clear a check box, the check box has a value of False (0). This article provides a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro that switches between the true and false state.

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The following Visual Basic example turns the Background Repagination option on or off each time you run the macro. (To locate this option, on the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the General tab.) When the Background Repagination check box is selected its state is "true"; when the check box is cleared its state is "false."

When you use the NOT operator, you can switch between the true and false states each time you run the macro. When you use Options.Pagination=True, the option is turned on; when you use Options.Pagination=False, the option is turned off.

   Sub ToggleCheckBoxes()
      'Switches between checked and unchecked states
      Options.Pagination = Not Options.Pagination
   End Sub

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Word 97 Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or
               Component

   ARTICLE-ID: Q93035
   TITLE     : Toggling or Setting Word Dialog Box Check Boxes