Follow the steps below to change the tick of a check box from a checkmark to ‘x’ or any other symbol in Word: The tick in the check box is changed to an X symbol. We hope you understand how to ...

Microsoft Word provides Legacy Tools to help you create a form with check boxes and other symbols. The Developer tab includes the check box form field on the Legacy Tools drop-down list.

Put your cursor in the Find What: text box and press [Ctrl]V. Select an instance of the symbol with which you want to replace the current symbol and press [Ctrl]C.

A pop-up "Word Options" window opens. Click the "Display" button on the top-left side of the "Word Options" window. Click the box next to "Paragraph marks" to remove the check from the box.

enter the actual symbols in the Find What: text box. If a symbol has a shortcut key combination assigned to it, you could enter the symbol’s shortcut key in the Find What: ...