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How do I check/uncheck an MSWord checkbox without using Microsoft Office?

Already I have written code using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word and it is working fine.

But the moment I deployed this code to the server, I noticed "Microsoft Office" was not in the server.

So, I started googling about "OpenXML" but found we can't update MSWord checkbox using "OpenXML".

Can anyone have any idea how to overcome this problem?

Brandon Minnick
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    Try [Here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8336350/get-a-checkbox-in-word-using-openxml) – M.Y.Mnu Jan 11 '18 at 13:43
  • As you'll read in the COMMENTS to the link posted by MY Mnu, Word has at least three different kinds of checkbox. Whether you can edit a checkbox using OpenXML depends purely on which of the three the document contains. ActiveX type is not accessible, the form field (legacy) and content control types should be. I recommend you use the Content Control for this. – Cindy Meister Jan 11 '18 at 16:34
  • Hi Cindy.. Thanks for your reply.. – Abdul Aleem S Jan 12 '18 at 07:04
  • please can you clarify me the below items. 1) do we can check/uncheck Content Control checkbox[can we update the checkbox]? 2) we also need Radio button, do we have Radio button in Content Controls[As per I checked "Radio button" was not there in content controls]? 3) If these things are not possible with the Content Control, Is there any other way through which we can achieve those task. Like: can we do this using VBA Macro? Thanks in Advance – Abdul Aleem S Jan 12 '18 at 07:10

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