coverup Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 Occasionally, I need to fill out some forms created using MSoffice and saved as RTF files. The forms contain checkboxes, you know those that when you click them a window pops up prompting you to select "Checked" or "Unchecked". When I open the form using OpenOffice (I think I have version 2.x.x), I only see a very narrow vertical gray bar in the place where the checkbox should be. If I hover the mouse over the bar, a yellow info box appears confirming that this is a checkbox, but clicking the gray bar produces no result. Does anybody have a solution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddie Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 I had no idea you could do checkboxes in rtf documents, I thought it was limited to simple text formatting like font size and bold and stuff. But a few seconds of searching ("rtf checkbox") brought up the idea that it might be relying on the wingdings font, which I'm guessing OpenOffice can't find. That might be a clue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted May 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 (edited) I had no idea you could do checkboxes in rtf documents, I thought it was limited to simple text formatting like font size and bold and stuff. But a few seconds of searching ("rtf checkbox") brought up the idea that it might be relying on the wingdings font, which I'm guessing OpenOffice can't find. That might be a clue. It looks like it's a script thing. In MSWord, if I click a checkbox, a small window appears with several radio buttons, where one must choose the status "Checked/Unchecked". No such thing happens if I open the document in OOwriter. Regrettably, compatibility between OpenOffice and MSWord is still a myth. Edit: I should have mentioned that the form was likely prepared using one of the latest versions of MS Office, if that matters. Edited May 12, 2009 by coverup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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