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Add ActiveX controls to a form

You can use Microsoft ActiveX controls on the Control Toolbox toolbar to add more powerful functionality to a form that users will complete in Microsoft Word. To work with these controls, a knowledge of Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is recommended.

1. On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Control Toolbox.
2. Using the Control Toolbox toolbar, insert the ActiveX controls you want.

   When you click a control, Word automatically switches to design time and inserts the control.

3. To set properties for the selected control, click Properties on the Control Toolbox toolbar.
4. To write macros in Visual Basic for Applications that customize the behavior of the control, double-click the control to display the Microsoft Visual Basic editor.

Notes

• The controls on the Control Toolbox toolbar do not function in many browsers, so it is recommended that you use them for forms that will be filled out in Word, not for Web forms.
• Before you make a form available to users, protect it by clicking Protect Form on the Forms toolbar. Protection allows users to fill in the form but prevents them from changing the form's layout and its standard elements. When you want to go back to writing or modifying the form, click Protect Form again to unprotect the form.