I want to send an email with a list and has the recipients to check items in the list.  For example,  I have the following list:

Which office applications do you use?

• Outlook
• Excel
• Word
• PowerPoint
• Access

Instead of the dot, I want to use a checkbox and recipients can check the appropriate checkbox and reply me.

Thanks for any help.

Hello there,

This article will show you how to do it steps by steps. It's for Word, but also applies on Outlook. And you can also copy these check boxes from Word to Outlook.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/make-a-checklist-in-word-HA010030748.aspx

Also you can use the vote feature:

http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/2009/06/13/living-in-outlook-voting-buttons.aspx

Any questions, feel free to let me

I have already read that Word's article.  I have created checkboxes in Word and copied them to Outlook.

To do it in Outlook, it seems to be quite different.  

Please visit the link and hope this is what you are looking for.

http://techhstuff.blogspot.in/

And if you found information useful please leave your commands.

Hello Max,

I followed your instructions and I successfully created checkboxes in my email. But when I sent it to other people and everyone else failed to be able to check off the boxes (I cc myself and it worked for me nevertheless)... could you advise why and what have I missed out in the process?

Thank you.

Best regards.
Harley

Hello Max,

I followed your instructions and I successfully created checkboxes in my email. But when I sent it to other people and everyone else failed to be able to check off the boxes (I cc myself and it worked for me nevertheless)... could you advise why and what have I missed out in the process?

Thank you.

Best regards.
Harley

Sorry Harley,

It is proved that the ActiveX check box will not work after you send the email to the other users due to the Outlook security policy. Sorry for that.

The easiest workaround might be using the Vote feature instead. Or send a Word document to the users, and let them send you the document back.

Other possible alternates: 

• Create a custom Outlook form, which allows you to add such controls, but you need to distribute the form to all the users that you want them to use the checkbox, seems to be an expensive solution.
• If InfoPath is available in your working environment, using InfoPath form is another alternate. (Read Use InfoPath e-mail forms in Outlook) (Note the recipients also need InfoPath installed.)
• If SharePoint is available in your working environment, create a survey in the SharePoint is another alternate. (Read Create a survey)