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by: dune2 November 24, 2005 9:42 AM PST

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Proper use of the Option Button Macro

by dune2 - 11/24/05 9:42 AM

Hi, I am currently trying to generate a questionnaire in Word 2003, where people have to rate statements on a scale of 1 to 5. What I want is to show the statement and then below that, have a row of 5 buttons (1 to 5) they can click on.
I have tried getting it right by either using a new optoin button per row and copying it 4 times, or by creating a new button for every item (5 per row). However, no matter what I do, when I run it, I can always only tag one button. When I click on another button in the file, the old input gets erased.
Unfortunately, I don't know visual basic, so if anybody could help me out here it would be much appreciated.
Thanks for the help!


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Re: radio buttons in Word 2003 forms

by Kees Bakker Moderator - 11/25/05 4:26 AM

In Reply to: Proper use of the Option Button Macro by dune2

Sorry not to be of help, I don't have Word 2003. Maybe someone else can. Just a few general remarks.

- I'm amazed you need a macro to do this. Normal elements like text fields and check boxes in older versions of Word can do without macro's and VBA.
- Generally, radio buttons are combined in groups, with only one being active in a group. Maybe you missed the step to define the groups. Nothing to be found in the Word help about that?
- I'm rather sure that you can make fillable forms with radio buttons the way you like in Adobe Acrobat. All the user needs to fill and print them is a recent version of Acrobat Reader.
- And it certainly will work in html also. Then the user must have a browser to fill in and print the form. If you want non-paper feedback, you'll need server-side processing, using cgi-scripts for example.

Hope this helps.



Kees


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