Display the Developer tab to enable the checkbox feature (for Windows) Before you can even add a checkbox to your list, you have to enable the checkbox feature (and the tab menu it's housed within ...

How to Add Microsoft Word Check Boxes First, you need to access the Developer tab on the ribbon.

The tick in the check box is changed to an X symbol. We hope you understand how to change the tick in a check box in Microsoft Word. Read: Can’t remove Highlights or Shading from Word document ...