This finds and deletes all instances, but I can't seem to reach my goal of replacing by manipulating this macro. I did find a macro for deleting the checkboxes that works to delete all checkboxes in the field-populated documents : All the more, I cannot figure out how to write this into an automated VB macro for either form-the one with the form field or the one with the rectangle symbol. I cannot figure out how to find and replace just within the Word document using find-replace. In other documents I have to work with, there is a checkbox, but it is not a field, just a square when you enter it into the 'find' space, it shows as an unrecognized character-a rectangle. To correct an error in my first posting, I should clarify that if you highlight and click 'properties,' sometimes it shows field settings Bookmark Check43, Check box enabled other places 'Check6.' Also, if you enter the expression ^19 formcheckbox in find-replace, it still just enters an O. If you copy and paste this into find-replace, it still records as just an O. In some of the documents, the checkbox is a form field if you copy and paste it into the 'find' space, it shows as just an O.
