Checkboxes can be incredibly useful for any kind of document you're creating, but adding them in Microsoft Word may not be as ...

You can insert a checkbox in a Word document in 2 ways, depending on how you want it to be used. If you want to print empty checkboxes that people can fill in real life, use Word's "Home" tab.

In the drop-down list, click Mark as Final. The Mark as Final designation is removed. Read: How to Add, Copy, Remove & Apply Text Boxes in Word.

Choose Wingdings from the Font dropdown. Browse down until you find the two alternate check marks shown in Figure C. Choose one, click OK to insert it, and then click OK to return to the document.

If Formatting marks or or non-printing characters are turned on in Word, it displays hidden characters such as Tab characters, Spaces, Paragraphs marks, Hidden text, Optional hyphens, etc.