How To Create A Checklist In PDF Format For Content Upgrades

47Shares

Checklists are essential for getting things done (especially for repeated tasks). A few weeks back, Kishen shared about the Process Street checklist app & this is where the idea to add a checklist for our premium members came into my mind.

Check out Process Street

We started creating checklists for our premium content at  pro.shoutmeloud.com so that our members can keep track of tasks when learning about making money from their blog.

The checklist can also be used as a content upgrade & I’m sure you have heard about the importance of content upgrades for list building. Content upgrades can perform magic for your list building efforts, and you may now be considering joining the bandwagon and creating your own content upgrades so you won’t be left out.

Content upgrades can boost the size of your email list, but if you mistakenly create the wrong one, it will amount to nothing.

Among all the different types of content upgrades on the internet, checklists have been the most popular and most widely used form of upgraded content. Go to any prominent blog that offers content upgrades and you will find out that checklists are particularly prominent.

Therefore in this post, I will be sharing with you how to quickly create a checklist for your next content upgrade.

How to create a clickable checklist in .pdf format

We will be using the popular Microsoft Word to create our checklist; I find it to be the easiest.

Let’s follow the steps below:

Step 1: Launch Microsoft Word

(I’m sure you already know how to open Microsoft Word on your computer.)

Once it’s open, you can now proceed to the next step.

Step 2: Enable Developer Tab

First of all, before you can create a checklist with Microsoft Word, you need to enable the developer tab.

To do this, you simply need to click on the File” drop-down menu located at the upper left side of Microsoft Word, then click on “Options”.

Next, select the “Customize Ribbon” tab from the list and select “Main Tabs” under Customize the Ribbon”.

Check the screenshot:

Customize Ribbon
  • Save

Step 3: Select the Developer Tab

Once you’ve gone through this stage, the next thing is to select the “Developer” box and press “OK”.

Check the screenshot:

Developer box
  • Save

When you’re through with this, you will find out that you have an additional tab called “Developer” added to the Quick Access toolbar:

Developer
  • Save

Step 4: Add Checkbox to your Checklist

The next thing is to start creating your checklist and adding checkboxes to it.

To do this, simply write down your checklists and then add checkboxes to them.

First, click on the “Developer” tab:

Content upgrade
  • Save

Then, select Legacy Tools”:

Legacy Tool
  • Save

When you click on “Legacy Tools”, you will see a drop down with many more panels. On the panels that appear, click on the Check Box Form Field”:

Checkbox
  • Save

Once you click on that, you will see the checkbox appear on every point you’re adding to your checklist (depending on the location you want it to be).

Remember, you have to keep clicking on it so it will appear on all of your points. Just place your mouse before the point and click the “Check Box Form Field” and it will appear there.

Example:

Blogging Checklist

Blogging Checklist
  • Save

As you can see, we’re already done creating our checklist.

After you’ve followed and applied all of these steps, you will need to click on Design Mode” also located on the “Developer” tab so you can check and uncheck the boxes.

Finally, you can also protect your checklist so that no one can edit it (apart from filling in the form and checking the boxes).

To do this, you need to click on Restrict Editing” in the “Protect” group located on the “Developer” tab:

Restrict Editing
  • Save

The Restrict Editing and Formatting” window will show on the right-hand side. Here we will have to check the boxes for “Formatting restrictions”, “Editing restrictions”, and also select Filling in forms” in the drop-down list:

Formatting
  • Save

Once all of this is done, just click on “Yes, Start Enforcing Protection”, and your checklist will be fully protected.

How to Convert Your Checklist to PDF

Now that you’ve finished creating your checklist, the next step is to convert it to pdf so you can now start sharing it with your readers. Follow the steps below to do this.

1. Click on the office/File button located at the upper left side of your word document as you can see on the screenshot below.

Office-File button
  • Save

2. Once you click on the button, it will display options for you to choose, and once you’re there, you want to select Save as from the options.

Select Save as
  • Save

3. When you click on the Save as, it will still bring up more options and from the list, select PDF or XPS and a dialogue box will pop up.

Select PDF or XPS
  • Save

From the above screenshot, what you want to do is give your checklist a name, select the folder you want to save it and, click the publish button. Your checklist will now be converted to pdf and saved in your desired folder.

There you go! Start enjoying your new checklist!

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask in the comments section, and I will be here to answer you.

Was this helpful?

Thanks for your feedback!
  • Save
47Shares
Authored By
A Blogger, Author and a speaker! Harsh Agrawal is recognized as a leader in digital marketing and FinTech space. Fountainhead of ShoutMeLoud, and a Speaker at ASW, Hero Mindmine, Inorbit, IBM, India blockchain summit. Also, an award-winning blogger.

8 thoughts on “How To Create A Checklist In PDF Format For Content Upgrades”

  1. Neha

    Dear Sir,

    Thanks for sharing awesome post with us. This is very good tools for Checklist In PDF Format For Content Upgrades.

  2. Zubair

    Thanks for sharing informative post. This is cool tool.

  3. Matthias

    It works in *.docm format, but once I save it to PDF, it is no longer clickable…

  4. Ileane

    Hi Harsh, Nice tips for Microsoft Word. Have you checked out a plugin called Beaconly? It’s pretty sweet and makes it easy to create checklists and other PDF’s from your blog posts.

    1. Harsh Agrawal

      Hey Ileane,

      I don’t know about Beaconly. Will definitely try it.

  5. Sanjeev Kumar

    Thanks again Harsh for this wonderful Post. I am using Ms Word Last 5 years but I don’t know these function and great idea to crate a check list online.

    I am done this task on my dairy but now I am doing this on my laptop.

  6. Charles Emmanuel

    Interesting post harsh!

    I have been looking over for this tutorial and here’s it. you know our have been using the symbol tools or draw a rectangle in Microsoft word and keep resizing until done.

    The problem though is that the checklist isnt properly formated.

    And you I never knew I could go this route and get everything done.

    Thanks man

  7. Swayam

    Thanks Harsh, I’m searching for a tool to make a checklist in PDF but now got method by which I can create it quickly.

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Scroll to Top
47 Shares