By the way, you cannot use the checkbox in design mode. Note: If you wish, you can remove the shading of the check box by clicking the Form Field Shading icon under Legacy Form.Ĥ. By default, the checkbox is in design mode (you can see the Design Mode icon being enabled within the Controls group) Word creates a check box at the cursor position. Under the section Legacy Form, click the check box icon as shown in the below image. Under the group Controls, click the Legacy Tools button. Now, you can view the Developer tab in the Ribbon. On the dialog box, under the category Popular (see on the left hand side), select the option Developer tab in the Ribbon. Click the Word Options button from the bottom of the list. If you are unable to find this tab in the Ribbon, most likely you need to enable this using the Word Options dialog box.ġ. These elements are available under the tab menu Developer in the Word Ribbon. You can use these elements to create a form in Word.
How you accomplish this depends on the version of Word you are using. There are two ways you can handle this: you can either make the text box partially transparent or make it fully transparent. There may be times when you want the text box to be transparent, meaning that whatever is behind the text box shows through. These can be used to create special document elements, such as sidebars or boxed text. Word allows you to create text boxes in your document.