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Inserting a check box control

Inserting a check box control

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Inserting a check box control

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- When the choice that we present to a user is yes-no or true-false, the appropriate control to give them is a check box control almost all of the time. So we want to know, for example, if guest rooms are required, I'd like to have a check box that says, "Guest Rooms Required," and they check it if that's the case. Notice that I've already moved "Food and Beverage Required" up a line and secured up a line, those are our other two check box controls because we're used to having a check box appear directly before and sometimes, directly after the label. So, I'm going to put a check box right here. Go to the Developer tab, there's my check box, and notice that it appears directly in front of "Guest Rooms Required." It's even good if I go to "Guest Rooms Required" and give it a little bit of space. Same thing here. If I want to give it space first, I can, then back off, and drop in my check box. Let's check the Properties. So this is Guest Room. And with check boxes, I'll often put Y-N…

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