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Since the latest update to Thrive Architect the drag and drop icon for text blocks is missing.

Normally there are 4 green icons, the first one being the drag-and-drop or

Your image is so blurry, can't see which one is missing. Here it looks like this;

It's the green button on the left. there are only 3 buttons visible in the screenshot.

Update: If I use the browser in full screen on a 23 or 24 inch monitor then the drag and drop button is available. If I use a smaller window then it disappears. Itā€™s missing on my 19 inch laptop in full screen but when I zoom to 80% then the button becomes visible.

Hey Marion,

Google searching, I found they DO have a resolve posted on their website. See screen print below...

Hope you find this helpful.

That resolve would only work if the problem is a conflicting plugin. I deactivated all the plugins except Thrive Architect and Thrive Product Manager, both of which are needed for Architect to function.

Still hoping Thrive support can fix it.

They usually take about 24 hours to respond to my tickets because they are in Europe and I am in Canada. Thrive support staff have never failed to help me.

Yeah, it's just a bit frustrating. The problem fixed itself yesterday, came back today, fixed itself again, and now it's broken again. šŸ˜„

Makes me glad I've never bought into the idea of using a pagebuilder.

Update: If I use the browser in full screen on a 23 or 24 inch monitor then the drag and drop button is available. If I use a smaller window then it disappears. Itā€™s missing on my 19 inch laptop in full screen but when I zoom to 80% then the button becomes visible.

Wow, now THAT is weird and something Thrive Themes needs to know about. Huh, technology, eh? ;-)

You mention that you haven't disabled the Thrive Product manager...delete both of the Thrive plugins, then re add...Could be either one.

I'll try deactivating AND deleting both plugins and see if that helps.

Update: If I use the browser in full screen on a 23 or 24 inch monitor then the drag and drop button is available. If I use a smaller window then it disappears. Itā€™s missing on my 19 inch laptop in full screen but when I zoom to 80% then the button becomes visible.

Interesting. I wonder, did that ever happen before now?

No. I still have version 2.4.6.2 on another of my sites and there's no problem there, even on a small window.

Hi Marion
That would be extremely annoying!
I just had a look and I currently have Version 2.4.6.2 on my site.

My dashboard is inviting me to upgrade to version 2.4.7. Is that the version that is causing the problem? If so I will skip the upgrade until the bug gets fixed.

Let's hope they resolve the issue quickly.

Update: If I use the browser in full screen on a 23 or 24 inch monitor then the drag and drop button is available. If I use a smaller window then it disappears. Itā€™s missing on my 19 inch laptop in full screen but when I zoom to 80% then the button becomes visible.

I still have version 2.4.6.2 on another of my sites and there's no problem there, even on a small window.

Hi Marion.
Thanks for the update. I think I will skip running the update for a few more days and hopefully the glitch will get resolved in the next update.

Thanks for bringing it to our attention šŸ™‚

Cheers
Dave

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Is anyone else having a problem with thrive architect?

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Since the latest update to Thrive Architect the drag and drop icon for text blocks is missing.

Normally there are 4 green icons, the first one being the drag-and-drop or

Your image is so blurry, can't see which one is missing. Here it looks like this;

It's the green button on the left. there are only 3 buttons visible in the screenshot.

Update: If I use the browser in full screen on a 23 or 24 inch monitor then the drag and drop button is available. If I use a smaller window then it disappears. Itā€™s missing on my 19 inch laptop in full screen but when I zoom to 80% then the button becomes visible.

Hey Marion,

Google searching, I found they DO have a resolve posted on their website. See screen print below...

Hope you find this helpful.

That resolve would only work if the problem is a conflicting plugin. I deactivated all the plugins except Thrive Architect and Thrive Product Manager, both of which are needed for Architect to function.

Still hoping Thrive support can fix it.

They usually take about 24 hours to respond to my tickets because they are in Europe and I am in Canada. Thrive support staff have never failed to help me.

Yeah, it's just a bit frustrating. The problem fixed itself yesterday, came back today, fixed itself again, and now it's broken again. šŸ˜„

Makes me glad I've never bought into the idea of using a pagebuilder.

Update: If I use the browser in full screen on a 23 or 24 inch monitor then the drag and drop button is available. If I use a smaller window then it disappears. Itā€™s missing on my 19 inch laptop in full screen but when I zoom to 80% then the button becomes visible.

Wow, now THAT is weird and something Thrive Themes needs to know about. Huh, technology, eh? ;-)

You mention that you haven't disabled the Thrive Product manager...delete both of the Thrive plugins, then re add...Could be either one.

I'll try deactivating AND deleting both plugins and see if that helps.

Update: If I use the browser in full screen on a 23 or 24 inch monitor then the drag and drop button is available. If I use a smaller window then it disappears. Itā€™s missing on my 19 inch laptop in full screen but when I zoom to 80% then the button becomes visible.

Interesting. I wonder, did that ever happen before now?

No. I still have version 2.4.6.2 on another of my sites and there's no problem there, even on a small window.

Hi Marion
That would be extremely annoying!
I just had a look and I currently have Version 2.4.6.2 on my site.

My dashboard is inviting me to upgrade to version 2.4.7. Is that the version that is causing the problem? If so I will skip the upgrade until the bug gets fixed.

Let's hope they resolve the issue quickly.

Update: If I use the browser in full screen on a 23 or 24 inch monitor then the drag and drop button is available. If I use a smaller window then it disappears. Itā€™s missing on my 19 inch laptop in full screen but when I zoom to 80% then the button becomes visible.

I still have version 2.4.6.2 on another of my sites and there's no problem there, even on a small window.

Hi Marion.
Thanks for the update. I think I will skip running the update for a few more days and hopefully the glitch will get resolved in the next update.

Thanks for bringing it to our attention šŸ™‚

Cheers
Dave

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Update:

Thank you everyone, for all your help. It looks like the problem exists between the chair and the keyboard (as usual). I've just installed WooCommerce on a test

Before starting, clear your history/cashe. Chrome tends to hang on to stuff...grin..
Here's a link from WooCommerce site.
https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/digital-downloadable-product-handling/
this begins at the start of creating a digital product.

Also, you answered my question, your paypal use..

Thank you for all your help. It looks like the problem exists between the chair and the keyboard (as usual). I've just installed WooCommerce on a test website with no frills and it's working just fine. Obviously it's something I've done myself to mess things up.

Now I know what works I can try making the real website look and function the way I want.

The typical commerce flow is as follows:

Item -> cart -> inventory -> payment

The item is usually ā€œon holdā€ to be process at the inventory stage.

For digital products (downloads), you donā€™t have to process inventory, therefore you can go from cart to payment.

If you are using Stripe, in settings, you can check the box for ā€œcapture charge immediately.ā€

This will bypass the processing and go to payment.

Hope this helps.

Stanley



Everything works up to, and including, collecting the money through PayPal. Then it's supposed to automatically change the order status to "completed" and send an email to the customer with the download link.

The money goes into my account but I have to manually mark the orders as "completed" so the email with the download link gets sent to the customer. It should be automatic.

That clarifies. In settings, you have the email triggers. The flow is email fires when the stage completes.

I assume when the system detect completed, email fires. However in your case, the completion requires you to check off order status, which is manual intervention on the Order status.

Try the WooCommerce Order Status Control extension to see if this will help solve your problem. Usually, it should already be automated for downloadable products.

Thank you for all your help. It looks like the problem exists between the chair and the keyboard (as usual). I've just installed WooCommerce on a test website with no frills and it's working just fine. Obviously it's something I've done myself to mess things up.

Now I know what works I can try making the real website look and function the way I want.

Ha! Ha! Ha! No worries, we all learn something about WooCommerce today!

Cheers,
Stanley

Hi Marion,

I could not send a link because it contains parameters so I have uploaded a picture of a tutorial that might HOPEFULLY help ya".

Merry Christmas,
Brad

Cool, I'll check it out. Thank you.

Dang! It's just the absolute basics of creating a digital download and doesn't solve the problem.

I'm still looking for a solution.

Sorry it didn't help, Marion.

Thanks for pointing me towards YouTube. I'm checking there now to see if I can find a solution.

Thank you for all your help. It looks like the problem exists between the chair and the keyboard (as usual). I've just installed WooCommerce on a test website with no frills and it's working just fine. Obviously it's something I've done myself to mess things up.

Now I know what works I can try making the real website look and function the way I want.

Great to hear all is well now!

I contacted woocommerce regarding this issue. Their reply was informative. There are boxes to check in PayPal AND woocommerce.

1. Payment.
Have you received payment? If so, the product should automatically show as completed. The status of order is 'pending' until payment is received.

Quoted from my email:
> If your product does not require shipping, it's important to check the Virtual box to make sure the order is Completed after payment.

Double check both woo and PayPal. Is the virtual box checked?

Sometimes, I've missed something when setting up a product. I sell non-downloadable items in single and varied product attributes.

As a reminder, expand the attribute to see the entire page for each product.

Hope that helps.

The problem seems to be another plugin that doesn't play nicely with WooCommerce.

Ohhhh....sometimes that happens. Did you find out which one?

Still working on that, Rudy. Life gets in the way this close to Christmas.

Of course! Busy for all of us in some measure.
Happy holidays!

Is there a difference in price with which books go through and the ones that get put on hold?

No, all the "cheap" ebooks are the same price. And NONE of them go through automatically šŸ˜«

I use woocommerce. I'll check a couple things and get back with anything that may help.

Great. If you can let me know which theme you're using and a list of your plugins then I can try it out on a test website. If I know what works then I can experiment at bit more.

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Is anyone using woocommerce for downloadable products?

Is anyone using woocommerce for downloadable products?

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Update:

Thank you everyone, for all your help. It looks like the problem exists between the chair and the keyboard (as usual). I've just installed WooCommerce on a test

Before starting, clear your history/cashe. Chrome tends to hang on to stuff...grin..
Here's a link from WooCommerce site.
https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/digital-downloadable-product-handling/
this begins at the start of creating a digital product.

Also, you answered my question, your paypal use..

Thank you for all your help. It looks like the problem exists between the chair and the keyboard (as usual). I've just installed WooCommerce on a test website with no frills and it's working just fine. Obviously it's something I've done myself to mess things up.

Now I know what works I can try making the real website look and function the way I want.

The typical commerce flow is as follows:

Item -> cart -> inventory -> payment

The item is usually ā€œon holdā€ to be process at the inventory stage.

For digital products (downloads), you donā€™t have to process inventory, therefore you can go from cart to payment.

If you are using Stripe, in settings, you can check the box for ā€œcapture charge immediately.ā€

This will bypass the processing and go to payment.

Hope this helps.

Stanley



Everything works up to, and including, collecting the money through PayPal. Then it's supposed to automatically change the order status to "completed" and send an email to the customer with the download link.

The money goes into my account but I have to manually mark the orders as "completed" so the email with the download link gets sent to the customer. It should be automatic.

That clarifies. In settings, you have the email triggers. The flow is email fires when the stage completes.

I assume when the system detect completed, email fires. However in your case, the completion requires you to check off order status, which is manual intervention on the Order status.

Try the WooCommerce Order Status Control extension to see if this will help solve your problem. Usually, it should already be automated for downloadable products.

Thank you for all your help. It looks like the problem exists between the chair and the keyboard (as usual). I've just installed WooCommerce on a test website with no frills and it's working just fine. Obviously it's something I've done myself to mess things up.

Now I know what works I can try making the real website look and function the way I want.

Ha! Ha! Ha! No worries, we all learn something about WooCommerce today!

Cheers,
Stanley

Hi Marion,

I could not send a link because it contains parameters so I have uploaded a picture of a tutorial that might HOPEFULLY help ya".

Merry Christmas,
Brad

Cool, I'll check it out. Thank you.

Dang! It's just the absolute basics of creating a digital download and doesn't solve the problem.

I'm still looking for a solution.

Sorry it didn't help, Marion.

Thanks for pointing me towards YouTube. I'm checking there now to see if I can find a solution.

Thank you for all your help. It looks like the problem exists between the chair and the keyboard (as usual). I've just installed WooCommerce on a test website with no frills and it's working just fine. Obviously it's something I've done myself to mess things up.

Now I know what works I can try making the real website look and function the way I want.

Great to hear all is well now!

I contacted woocommerce regarding this issue. Their reply was informative. There are boxes to check in PayPal AND woocommerce.

1. Payment.
Have you received payment? If so, the product should automatically show as completed. The status of order is 'pending' until payment is received.

Quoted from my email:
> If your product does not require shipping, it's important to check the Virtual box to make sure the order is Completed after payment.

Double check both woo and PayPal. Is the virtual box checked?

Sometimes, I've missed something when setting up a product. I sell non-downloadable items in single and varied product attributes.

As a reminder, expand the attribute to see the entire page for each product.

Hope that helps.

The problem seems to be another plugin that doesn't play nicely with WooCommerce.

Ohhhh....sometimes that happens. Did you find out which one?

Still working on that, Rudy. Life gets in the way this close to Christmas.

Of course! Busy for all of us in some measure.
Happy holidays!

Is there a difference in price with which books go through and the ones that get put on hold?

No, all the "cheap" ebooks are the same price. And NONE of them go through automatically šŸ˜«

I use woocommerce. I'll check a couple things and get back with anything that may help.

Great. If you can let me know which theme you're using and a list of your plugins then I can try it out on a test website. If I know what works then I can experiment at bit more.

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According to my Wealthy Affiliate Account Settings my Jaaxy affiliate link is http://www.jaaxy .com/?a_aid=200faa60 (without the space). But when I go to Jaaxy and get my affi

Very good question. I usually use the main link which can easily be tracked based on their entry point on the dash. But I am sure it will need further breakdown.

Mine's the same too Marion.

I'd absolutely keep the old one for the records;)

Cheers,
AK.

Very good question adding an extra eye for the users. I have the same IDs.

Just checked mine and they are the same!
Hope they sort it out for you Marion :-)

Hi, Marion happened to me a while ago sent in a ticket and it was merged it may be an issue for folks that have been here awhile thank you for highlighting it, just checked and all good.

Yeah, it looks like they've set up a new Jaaxy account instead of linking to the old account which has 134 clicks, 2 referrals and 1 premium. I wanna keep the old account :(

I would too Marion, hope it works out for you.

Good question Marion! I just checked mine and they are all the same.

I see you are contacting Jaaxy... I'm sure they will straighten it out for you.

Happy New Year!

Monica

They should be the same.

The two should be the same. You can escalate to support to rectify.

Regards

Mine are also identical. I think you have a glitch in your account. Definitely a job for site support. I'm sure they can sort it out.

Thanks for your response. I've now contacted Jaaxy at https://www.jaaxy.com/contact to try to get the two accounts merged into one.

That must be an error I would think. Just checked mine and both are the same. Perhaps check with support?

Thanks for your response. I've now contacted Jaaxy at https://www.jaaxy.com/contact to try to get the two accounts merged into one.

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Which jaaxy affiliate link should I use?

Which jaaxy affiliate link should I use?

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According to my Wealthy Affiliate Account Settings my Jaaxy affiliate link is http://www.jaaxy .com/?a_aid=200faa60 (without the space). But when I go to Jaaxy and get my affi

Very good question. I usually use the main link which can easily be tracked based on their entry point on the dash. But I am sure it will need further breakdown.

Mine's the same too Marion.

I'd absolutely keep the old one for the records;)

Cheers,
AK.

Very good question adding an extra eye for the users. I have the same IDs.

Just checked mine and they are the same!
Hope they sort it out for you Marion :-)

Hi, Marion happened to me a while ago sent in a ticket and it was merged it may be an issue for folks that have been here awhile thank you for highlighting it, just checked and all good.

Yeah, it looks like they've set up a new Jaaxy account instead of linking to the old account which has 134 clicks, 2 referrals and 1 premium. I wanna keep the old account :(

I would too Marion, hope it works out for you.

Good question Marion! I just checked mine and they are all the same.

I see you are contacting Jaaxy... I'm sure they will straighten it out for you.

Happy New Year!

Monica

They should be the same.

The two should be the same. You can escalate to support to rectify.

Regards

Mine are also identical. I think you have a glitch in your account. Definitely a job for site support. I'm sure they can sort it out.

Thanks for your response. I've now contacted Jaaxy at https://www.jaaxy.com/contact to try to get the two accounts merged into one.

That must be an error I would think. Just checked mine and both are the same. Perhaps check with support?

Thanks for your response. I've now contacted Jaaxy at https://www.jaaxy.com/contact to try to get the two accounts merged into one.

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I'm currently using YARPP (Yet Another Related Posts Plugin) but it only shows the first part of the titles of the posts instead of the full title. I would like the text to be

Great info!

I don't know if this will do what you are looking for but I am using Content Views (free plugin) and it displays my blog roll and excerpts on my homepage with the pic, title, description, tags, author, etc. the way I want them. Perhaps this will work for you. You can see it on my website - https://hallofcare.com

Good luck!

Nice looking site Frank. What I'm looking for is a plugin that shows related posts at the bottom of each page to keep visitors on the site a bit longer.

Oh I see now. How about something like this - https://wordpress.org/plugins/contextual-related-posts/#description ?

That's the best one I've found so far but I'm still looking.

I'll make a note and let you know if I find anything better.

Good luck!

Thanks for the question Marion, which one do you suggest based on the suggestions below? I do mine manually which is slow so i would really like to know which plugin is the best for this...
Thanks in advance
P.

I'm like you, Paul. I had been doing it manually but didn't really see any difference in my stats so I stopped doing this. I'd love to know how effective this is for others. Alanna

The jury is still out...

To be honnest, i tested many... and they all blocked in a Way or in another...

What i liked Ith shareaholic is that you can register for free, have all your settings at convenience. And to be honnest, it never blocked...

You might change your mind when you read this http://www.pamelahazelton.com/mistakes-that-kill/wordpress-shareaholic-viglink/

I deleted all...
No worries

That's a great (but scary) article, Marion. Do you think it might deserve a blog post of its own?

Jovo (jvranges) has already written about shareaholic. I read it at the time then promptly forgot which plugin he was talking about as I wasn't using it.

Thanks, J had missed his post.

Here are some more to vet for suitability! https://www.rswebsols.com/extensions/wordpress-plugins/best-free-related-posts-plugins-wordpress

I use Zemanta for over a year now, no problems so far. It's free. Good luck with your choice

Not sure how to use this,

You just install and activate it, then the customization settings are pretty easy to handle. I just set how many related posts I want to show up

Tell me if you have any trouble!

None!

For this thing to work, featured images must be small thumbnails, at least from my own bad experience. I removed it in the end, and this did not have any effect on bounce rate. So I think it is useless in any case.

You might want to check this, it does the same job and you can earn

My site doesn't get enough visitors to qualify for that :(

Thanks, Marion, for raising this issue. I too will be pleased to hear the solution as well.

I was using YARPP before but I didn't like it. After I installed and tried a few, I ended up with Shareholic too.

You may be making a mistake

Ok Jovo, thanks for letting me know. I googled and a few sites discussing have all negative reviews. I remember by default it had annoying affiliate ads.

What plugin do you use?

After trying many, I use Add to Any, very light one.

Thanks Jovo.

I had a good look at Shareaholic but in my opinion it's way too obtrusive.

Ok, I didn't even research, so I just went with the look. There are too many choices out there, I mean plugin in general.

Which one will you choose Marion?

Thanks for the Shareaholic tip. I've been using them for about 2 years but part of me wishes my theme would just show related posts because the plugin is a bit ANNOYING.

Is it working ok?

The jury is still out...

meh, it works okay but it often shows unlisted pages no matter how much I refresh in the Shareaholic back office. it also shows deleted pages. I actually just got rid of it last night, it was using 95 cookies making my site unsecure.

Some themes do that automatically too

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Can you recommend a related posts plugin?

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I'm currently using YARPP (Yet Another Related Posts Plugin) but it only shows the first part of the titles of the posts instead of the full title. I would like the text to be

Great info!

I don't know if this will do what you are looking for but I am using Content Views (free plugin) and it displays my blog roll and excerpts on my homepage with the pic, title, description, tags, author, etc. the way I want them. Perhaps this will work for you. You can see it on my website - https://hallofcare.com

Good luck!

Nice looking site Frank. What I'm looking for is a plugin that shows related posts at the bottom of each page to keep visitors on the site a bit longer.

Oh I see now. How about something like this - https://wordpress.org/plugins/contextual-related-posts/#description ?

That's the best one I've found so far but I'm still looking.

I'll make a note and let you know if I find anything better.

Good luck!

Thanks for the question Marion, which one do you suggest based on the suggestions below? I do mine manually which is slow so i would really like to know which plugin is the best for this...
Thanks in advance
P.

I'm like you, Paul. I had been doing it manually but didn't really see any difference in my stats so I stopped doing this. I'd love to know how effective this is for others. Alanna

The jury is still out...

To be honnest, i tested many... and they all blocked in a Way or in another...

What i liked Ith shareaholic is that you can register for free, have all your settings at convenience. And to be honnest, it never blocked...

You might change your mind when you read this http://www.pamelahazelton.com/mistakes-that-kill/wordpress-shareaholic-viglink/

I deleted all...
No worries

That's a great (but scary) article, Marion. Do you think it might deserve a blog post of its own?

Jovo (jvranges) has already written about shareaholic. I read it at the time then promptly forgot which plugin he was talking about as I wasn't using it.

Thanks, J had missed his post.

Here are some more to vet for suitability! https://www.rswebsols.com/extensions/wordpress-plugins/best-free-related-posts-plugins-wordpress

I use Zemanta for over a year now, no problems so far. It's free. Good luck with your choice

Not sure how to use this,

You just install and activate it, then the customization settings are pretty easy to handle. I just set how many related posts I want to show up

Tell me if you have any trouble!

None!

For this thing to work, featured images must be small thumbnails, at least from my own bad experience. I removed it in the end, and this did not have any effect on bounce rate. So I think it is useless in any case.

You might want to check this, it does the same job and you can earn

My site doesn't get enough visitors to qualify for that :(

Thanks, Marion, for raising this issue. I too will be pleased to hear the solution as well.

I was using YARPP before but I didn't like it. After I installed and tried a few, I ended up with Shareholic too.

You may be making a mistake

Ok Jovo, thanks for letting me know. I googled and a few sites discussing have all negative reviews. I remember by default it had annoying affiliate ads.

What plugin do you use?

After trying many, I use Add to Any, very light one.

Thanks Jovo.

I had a good look at Shareaholic but in my opinion it's way too obtrusive.

Ok, I didn't even research, so I just went with the look. There are too many choices out there, I mean plugin in general.

Which one will you choose Marion?

Thanks for the Shareaholic tip. I've been using them for about 2 years but part of me wishes my theme would just show related posts because the plugin is a bit ANNOYING.

Is it working ok?

The jury is still out...

meh, it works okay but it often shows unlisted pages no matter how much I refresh in the Shareaholic back office. it also shows deleted pages. I actually just got rid of it last night, it was using 95 cookies making my site unsecure.

Some themes do that automatically too

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I have Microsoft Word and OpenOffice but I can't find an easy way to create a checklist when I have more than one line next to each checkbox. I want the checkboxes to be on the

I also struggle with this, now I can also try these suggesetions :)

So far I can't get any of these suggestions to work.

Thank you for trying to help. The problem is solved and I've edited the question to include the solution.

In Word, you format the page with columns, built-in from Word or customized sizes from you. There are plenty of tutorials on adding columns in Word if you google it. Take your finished doc and use a free PDF converter online. There are plenty.

Excel would be the simplest way to do what you're trying to accomplish, but if you don't have it, it will have to be Word.

I have Office 2016 so I have Excel as well as Word. Using columns in Word the text goes down the first column then down the second column so the tick boxes don't line up with the text.

I'll have a look at Excel.

When I converted the Excel spreadsheet to a PDF file it put the checkboxes in a vertical line then the text underneath ALL the checkboxes. I must be doing something wrong.

Thank you for trying to help. The problem is solved and I've edited the question to include the solution.

In Word you can use bullet list and replace the bullet icon with a square icon that you scale to the size you want. Then it will all line up perfectly.

That's one of the things I tried but it doesn't line up properly.

That's strange. I have made lots of them over the years and they all lined up perfectly.

Thank you for trying to help. I couldn't get everything to line up properly when I had more than one line of text.

The problem is solved now and I've edited the question to include the solution.

Try Canva. It'll be easier for format your text and create the checkbox. But if you want to make the boxes editable, use PDF Escape (dotcom) to create them.

I looked at canva but couldn't figure it out.

Thank you for trying to help. The problem is solved and I've edited the question to include the solution.

Place the text in a text box.

Thank you for trying to help. The problem is solved and I've edited the question to include the solution.

Try ecel

Thank you for trying to help. The problem is solved and I've edited the question to include the solution.

Try Randy suggestion try excel

Thank you for trying to help. The problem is solved and I've edited the question to include the solution.

Not sure if this will help you but I think the idea is to do the editing in the PDF form, not in the Open Office file.

See the Create A Check Box paragraph

http://www.uwec.edu/help/acrobat9/for-ckbox.htm

You might need the Professional version of the PDF editor. They might have a free trial....lol. Or you might search to see if there is a free PDF open source editor online.

I haven't tried to do this myself, so hopefully someone else who knows comes along. ~Jude

PS The other thing to try could be to do it in WordPress first.
with a forms plugin, then convert the WordPress document into a PDF.

Word creates PDFs so I don't have the pro version of Acrobat.

Thank you for trying to help. The problem is solved and I've edited the question to include the solution.

One thing I am good at is knowing where to find answers lol, there is a man from DesignBuildWeb named Dave Foy. He makes all sorts of info videos for WP products like themes, page builders, plugins etc. One thing he does which I love is for every video he does, you can get a PDF checklist of the actions in the video.
If no one here can get the answer your looking for, I recommend contacting Dave Foy as he replies to all his emails and is super friendly and always helping people. He also has a voice I want to have sex with lol. Email him and he for sure can answer your question. Here's his email address, tell him broke back Jair sent you (That sounds really bad lol, but its how he knows me) Hope this helps you, I know it will.

Sweet, it looks like the email address got automatically deleted :)

Thank you for trying to help. The problem is solved and I've edited the question to include the solution.

Actually, I have a feeling I plain forgot it, joys of insomnia lol. Glad you got it all solved. I was going to suggest just doing it in word but I don't believe you can save a .pdf in Word. When I was managing bars, I would create closing checklists for my bartenders and then laminate it so you could use dry erase markers on them...until you got that one princess who uses a sharpie on it.
Thanks for posting the solution in the question, I wish more people would do the same. Enjoy your day love.

Yes, you can 'Export' to PDF using Word. Click on File and then Export and the 'Create PDF/XPS' is there. I always save as a Word document too :)

Will it work in Excel?

I've tried and failed :(

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How do I create a checklist that I can turn into a pdf file?

How do I create a checklist that I can turn into a pdf file?

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I have Microsoft Word and OpenOffice but I can't find an easy way to create a checklist when I have more than one line next to each checkbox. I want the checkboxes to be on the

I also struggle with this, now I can also try these suggesetions :)

So far I can't get any of these suggestions to work.

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In Word, you format the page with columns, built-in from Word or customized sizes from you. There are plenty of tutorials on adding columns in Word if you google it. Take your finished doc and use a free PDF converter online. There are plenty.

Excel would be the simplest way to do what you're trying to accomplish, but if you don't have it, it will have to be Word.

I have Office 2016 so I have Excel as well as Word. Using columns in Word the text goes down the first column then down the second column so the tick boxes don't line up with the text.

I'll have a look at Excel.

When I converted the Excel spreadsheet to a PDF file it put the checkboxes in a vertical line then the text underneath ALL the checkboxes. I must be doing something wrong.

Thank you for trying to help. The problem is solved and I've edited the question to include the solution.

In Word you can use bullet list and replace the bullet icon with a square icon that you scale to the size you want. Then it will all line up perfectly.

That's one of the things I tried but it doesn't line up properly.

That's strange. I have made lots of them over the years and they all lined up perfectly.

Thank you for trying to help. I couldn't get everything to line up properly when I had more than one line of text.

The problem is solved now and I've edited the question to include the solution.

Try Canva. It'll be easier for format your text and create the checkbox. But if you want to make the boxes editable, use PDF Escape (dotcom) to create them.

I looked at canva but couldn't figure it out.

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Place the text in a text box.

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Try ecel

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Try Randy suggestion try excel

Thank you for trying to help. The problem is solved and I've edited the question to include the solution.

Not sure if this will help you but I think the idea is to do the editing in the PDF form, not in the Open Office file.

See the Create A Check Box paragraph

http://www.uwec.edu/help/acrobat9/for-ckbox.htm

You might need the Professional version of the PDF editor. They might have a free trial....lol. Or you might search to see if there is a free PDF open source editor online.

I haven't tried to do this myself, so hopefully someone else who knows comes along. ~Jude

PS The other thing to try could be to do it in WordPress first.
with a forms plugin, then convert the WordPress document into a PDF.

Word creates PDFs so I don't have the pro version of Acrobat.

Thank you for trying to help. The problem is solved and I've edited the question to include the solution.

One thing I am good at is knowing where to find answers lol, there is a man from DesignBuildWeb named Dave Foy. He makes all sorts of info videos for WP products like themes, page builders, plugins etc. One thing he does which I love is for every video he does, you can get a PDF checklist of the actions in the video.
If no one here can get the answer your looking for, I recommend contacting Dave Foy as he replies to all his emails and is super friendly and always helping people. He also has a voice I want to have sex with lol. Email him and he for sure can answer your question. Here's his email address, tell him broke back Jair sent you (That sounds really bad lol, but its how he knows me) Hope this helps you, I know it will.

Sweet, it looks like the email address got automatically deleted :)

Thank you for trying to help. The problem is solved and I've edited the question to include the solution.

Actually, I have a feeling I plain forgot it, joys of insomnia lol. Glad you got it all solved. I was going to suggest just doing it in word but I don't believe you can save a .pdf in Word. When I was managing bars, I would create closing checklists for my bartenders and then laminate it so you could use dry erase markers on them...until you got that one princess who uses a sharpie on it.
Thanks for posting the solution in the question, I wish more people would do the same. Enjoy your day love.

Yes, you can 'Export' to PDF using Word. Click on File and then Export and the 'Create PDF/XPS' is there. I always save as a Word document too :)

Will it work in Excel?

I've tried and failed :(

Thank you for trying to help. The problem is solved and I've edited the question to include the solution.

See more comments

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