The first part of this article introduced you to the idea of using Word to create your checklists. As you learned, the first step in doing this is to insert a table that contains two columns into your Word document.

Your next step will be to insert the checkboxes into your table. It’s a very straightforward process as outlined below.

1. Click the top left cell within your table.
2. From the View menu, point to Toolbars, and click Forms.
3. From the Forms toolbar that appears, Click the Check Box Form Field button (the square button with a check mark inside). A check box will be inserted into the top left cell.
4. Click the Form Field Shading button (the square button with an “a” inside) on the Forms toolbar to get rid of the shading inside the check box.
5. Click in each remaining cell where you want to insert a check box and press CTRL + Y.

Once you have your check boxes inserted, you can then click the top right field of your table and type in the first item in your checklist. Repeat this step for each checklist item. Your table should now look similar to my table below.

Your final step in creating a checklist will be to format the table to make it appear more like a checklist. This will be discussed in Create a Checklist in Word 2002 (Part III), tomorrow.