Checkboxes Vanishing

10 Oct 2006 11:42 PM

Jim Erwin

We use Word to create forms that we send using Outlook.

We'd like to use checkboxes at the top of our e-mail communications to
indicate the target audience. The idea is that we check the boxes
before sending the e-mail, and then our audience can easily determine
whether tthey need o read the message

We've tried using Word's Checkbox Form Field, but the boxes we create
vanish when the document is e-mailed.

We can see the checkboon screen, check and uncheck them without issue,
and they print correctly on the hard copy, but the checkboxes
completely vanish when we e-mail the document. We're sending the
documents via Outll,using the e-mail toolbar in Word. I've tried e-mail
the document as both protected and non-porotected, but that doesn't
seem to matter.

I'm wondering why this happens?

11 Oct 2006 12:41 AM

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]

Word forms just don't translate to email messages as you're expecting them to. You might consider using a graphic to convey the same information.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
   Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
     http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
   and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
     Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
     http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

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"Jim Erwin" <jwerwi***@aol.com> wrote in message news:1160523728.054861.271530@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> We use Word to create forms that we send using Outlook.
>
> We'd like to use checkboxes at the top of our e-mail communications to
> indicate the target audience. The idea is that we check the boxes
> before sending the e-mail, and then our audience can easily determine
> whether tthey need o read the message
>
> We've tried using Word's Checkbox Form Field, but the boxes we create
> vanish when the document is e-mailed.
>
> We can see the checkboon screen, check and uncheck them without issue,
> and they print correctly on the hard copy, but the checkboxes
> completely vanish when we e-mail the document. We're sending the
> documents via Outll,using the e-mail toolbar in Word. I've tried e-mail
> the document as both protected and non-porotected, but that doesn't
> seem to matter.
>
> I'm wondering why this happens?
>

11 Oct 2006 5:24 PM

Jim Erwin

Sue -- thanks for the information.

We're also having an issue where our table cells are resizing
themselves when we e-mail them from Word. I'm guessing this is a
similar issue where Outlookd doesn't quite handle Word docs the way we
would like it too.

Jim Erwin

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
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> Word forms just don't translate to email messages as you're expecting them to. You might consider using a graphic to convey the same information.
>
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
>    Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
>      http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
>    and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
>      Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
>      http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
> "Jim Erwin" <jwerwi***@aol.com> wrote in message news:1160523728.054861.271530@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > We use Word to create forms that we send using Outlook.
> >
> > We'd like to use checkboxes at the top of our e-mail communications to
> > indicate the target audience. The idea is that we check the boxes
> > before sending the e-mail, and then our audience can easily determine
> > whether tthey need o read the message
> >
> > We've tried using Word's Checkbox Form Field, but the boxes we create
> > vanish when the document is e-mailed.
> >
> > We can see the checkboon screen, check and uncheck them without issue,
> > and they print correctly on the hard copy, but the checkboxes
> > completely vanish when we e-mail the document. We're sending the
> > documents via Outll,using the e-mail toolbar in Word. I've tried e-mail
> > the document as both protected and non-porotected, but that doesn't
> > seem to matter.
> >
> > I'm wondering why this happens?
> >