WD2000: Check Box (Field) Lost Viewing As Web Page

ID: Q224652

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you open a Web page (or view your Word document in Web Page Preview) created from a fax template or from the Fax Wizard, check boxes (for example, Urgent or For Review) are lost.

For example, a new document based on the Contemporary Fax template does not show or include the check boxes in Web Page Preview (on the File menu) or after you open the Web page in your browser.


CAUSE

In the fax template, in order to create a selected or unselected check box, a MACROBUTTON field is used. When the document or Web page is viewed in a Web browser, the result of the field is not shown or printed. This functionality is by design.

For additional information about limitations in viewing a Web page, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212270 WD2000: Limitations of Converting from Word Document Format to Web Page Format
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For more information about limitations when you save as a Web page, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type "What are the results when I save as a Web page?" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.


WORKAROUND

Use a symbol as a check box, using the following steps:

  1. In your Web page, select the check box (field).


  2. On the Insert menu, click Symbol.


  3. On the Symbols tab, select (normal text) in the Font box.


  4. Change the Subset box to Geometric Shapes.


  5. Click to select the square box (Row 2, column 10) in the character table.


  6. Click Insert.


  7. Click Close to close the Symbol dialog box.


Additional query words: 


Keywords          : kbdta wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 21, 1999