MS Word checkbox control not checkable when saved as PDF - pdf

I have a MS Word document that implements a form people can fill in. It is mostly just table cells that represent text fields people can type in and checkbox controls that allow them to check the box to select an option. I then save the document as a PDF document.
When I test the PDF form by selecting the "fill and sign" option, I've found that some checkboxes are "checkable", but others are not. They were all added to the form the same way, so I'm at a loss as to why some work and others do not.
I've looked at the properties of the control, but am not seeing anything different from a working checkbox vs a non-working checkbox.
Has anyone run into this? Any ideas on what could be wrong? Is there a MS forum that might be a better place for this question?

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I hope this is correct forum since it may have to do with programming, otherwise tell me where to post
I am filling out this application, which must be typed. Software is Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, Version 15.009.20069.28170
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/downloads/pdf/misc/mgsp_application_2016.pdf
When I select Checkbox, it automatically selects ALL options, i.e.
and
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With Reader, you can't do anything on the form. And the software to view it is innocent.
What you can do is contacting the issuer of the form, and let them know that the form is messed up.
I had a look at this form, and it is a disgrace as a fillable form (you may quote me on that… credentials on answers.acrobatusers.com).
Obviously, the creator of the form made a nice layout in InDesign, created a PDF and then let the automatic field recognition run over it. With the checkboxes, it looks as if that person added a checkbox, and then drag-copied (or copy/pasted) it (more likely the latter, because the checkbox fields are not aligned, just slapped over the checkbox symbol in the base document) — and did not adjust their export values.
Obviously, this form has not been tested at all, because if so, this would have been noticed. Also, as an electronic form, it is useless, because of the field naming caused by the automatic field recognition.
…just a "nice" example: for phone numbers, the area code is visually separated from the number, and appears between parentheses. That lead to two fields. The field for the area code is named "Phone", the field for the number is named "undefined 1".
Rant mode off…
If you have Acrobat at hand, you can open the form, go to the Prepare Form tool, and change the export values of the checkboxes.

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My company creates workbooks for clients that contain ActiveX controls (in most cases we need the extra functionality as compared to Form Controls). When we create them, they work fine on our end, but when we zip them up and send them to our clients, they open the WB and the ActiveX controls are no longer ActiveX controls, if you right click it, it behaves like a picture.
I feel like this is due to the MS ActiveX debacle. I have had them run the Fix It and making sure all the MS Office components were closed, and had them reboot, but still nothing.
I am pulling out my hair, and have asked on other forums if anyone else has had this issue, and what they have done to fix it. Thanks in advance.
Could you please check in client system whether macros and active x controls are enabled in Trust center setting?
https://support.office.microsoft.com/en-us/article/Enable-or-disable-macros-in-Office-documents-7b4fdd2e-174f-47e2-9611-9efe4f860b12?CorrelationId=fe6a4d24-f4d9-4c6b-afa0-40d2828ad22e&ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
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Try closing excel and deleting the .EXD files from your computer.
Source: http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/296750-command-button-turned-into-image.html
While saving the Excel document, save it as "Macro enabled workbook".xlsm
In my case, the worksheet prompts a non responsive error sometimes. When I reopen it, Excel repairs it and turns all active X check boxes (sometimes drop down list and command buttons) into images. It happened many times and I had to spend a lot of my time recreating them and liking to cells.
I experienced a similar problem when Excel repaired a file; this may be similar to what's happening with the Zipped file. FormControl Buttons don't appear to have the same problems but I see you want to keep the additional functionality of the ActiveX Control.
You may be able to make use of the code I created by inserting one Form Control button that runs the Sub RepairMissingButtons() that your clients can press to restore the images to CommandButtons. This currently fixes buttons for any selected sheets, so you'd want to first identify which sheets need to be selected (or add a form control button on each sheet that needs the repair done).
You'd need to modify the Sub CreateButton() to meet your needs (currently requires hard-coding the Caption, BackColor and any other ActiveX properties that may have been lost by the button being converted to an image):
Reverse Excel ActiveX command buttons erroneously converted to images after corrupted file repair
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Many places around the internet the answer is: Use form controls, well as far as I can tell form controls don't actually do anything useful.
Even Microsoft's support site says, recommend using form controls, how can that be the answer. being able to interact with VBA is as far as I can tell the only reason to use Microsoft applications instead of free ones.

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I'm sure this question has an easy answer, but I have a short timeline and need to get it resolved ASAP.
I'd like to have a content control drop down that when the user makes a selection, will update a legacy text box formField with the selected value.
I have no trouble selecting form fields and setting them using VBA code:
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