

Using Developer controls is the easiest way to work with checkboxes in both Word and Excel, while in Google Docs, checkboxes are easy to set up but may require optional table editing if you don’t want strikethroughs in your list. You should now be able to insert checkboxes and use them effectively across Word, Excel, and Google Docs. You can now tick and untick the boxes without any text strikethroughs. Then, select 0 pt and the table borders should blend in the page background colour. To remove table borders, select the whole table and click the Border width icon, usually located under the three dots icon at the right end of the top ribbon. Step 3 (optional): Remove checklist table bordersįirst, you may want to place the checkboxes and list items closer together by dragging the column divider to the left with your cursor. Copy or type your list into the second column, then select the cells in the first column and copy or insert a checklist, without text, according to the previous step.
