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Word 2007 check boxes dissapera when running on Windows 7

We have some Word documents that are SOPs and have check boxes on them.
We are using Word 2007.
In Windoes XP they show correctly.
In Windows 7 they do not show at all.
Same version of Word but different OS.
Any Ideas?

GrahamSkan

If it matters, what's an SOP?

What sort of checkbox (ActiveX, Forms, Content controls)?

Is it only checkboxes that you can't see?

Can you post a sample here?

pauls681

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Standard Operating Procudure. Its just a instruction document basically where someone checks off each step they do.
I'm not positive how they were placed in the document but it was done in Word 2003.
I think the just inserted a box.. or shape.

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pauls681

ASKER

That explains it then.
Thanks

pauls681

ASKER

Ok, Question... How do I fix this so it shows the boxes?
any suggestions?
I tried copying the version from the machine that works (win xp) onto a machine that they don't show on (Win 7)
but the boxes didn't show up.

GrahamSkan

If the box doesn't have to do anything, try to find a suitable symbol via the Symbols group on the Insert tab.

If you want the document to work as a form, with only the box-ticking possible, you could use the legacy form field checkbox, from the controls group on the developer tab, and protect the document for forms.

pauls681

ASKER

I should have clarified... A way to fix without changing anything.
Why would they change a character in a font?