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Activate and deactivate option box in radio button form

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Nsauv Posted messages 2 Status Member -
Hello,

I have inserted an option button Control X (radio button) in a form. After activating the radio button, and when there is only one option button, Word does not allow you to deactivate the option button. Is there a solution to enable and disable this radio button at will without having to add a second one? I am using Word 2010.

P.S.: I do not wish to use the checkbox.

Thank you very much in advance.

Nicole.

Configuration: Windows 7 / Mozilla 11.0

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    m@rina Posted messages 27633 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   11 564
     
    Hello,

    there is no way to uncheck a single option button. If there are several, one button unchecks the others; if there is only one (which is no longer a choice among multiple options...), it cannot be unchecked.
    Because one click checks and therefore one click cannot uncheck even with a macro, because if in the macro we say: "if checked, uncheck"... the act of clicking checks it again!!

    Otherwise, you need a separate macro that allows it to be unchecked, but that won't be an event macro that responds to the click on the button.

    But... uh... why make it complicated when you can keep it simple with a checkbox that is designed for that??

    m@rina

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    1. Nsauv Posted messages 2 Status Member
       
      Thank you very much m@rina for your reply.

      The checkbox is indeed designed for this purpose, but I am being asked to achieve the same result with the command button, and this is for a question of "aesthetics" or uniformity in the form. Your response confirms what I thought, but I wanted to get validation from a reliable source.

      Best regards.
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    2. m@rina Posted messages 27633 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   11 564
       
      Good evening,

      So if it's for an aesthetic question, we can use this workaround: instead of using an ActiveX control, we can use a content control Checkbox. And in the properties of this checkbox, we can choose the checked look and the unchecked look. And thus, by looking in the dingbats, we can find similar things.

      m@rina
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  2. Nsauv Posted messages 2 Status Member
     
    Thank you once again for your availability.
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