You could also create a new field that is a copy of the checkbox field but
replaces commas with semi-colons.  Google Docs should have a string replace
function. You can do cleanup work as well.  I believe I've done this in the
past by reformatting date columns.

- John

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John Callahan, Research Scientist
Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware
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On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Jon <[email protected]> wrote:

> I use a separate form for submissions that I approve by cleaning up
> and moving over.  This prevents your live datasource from much mucky
> data and lets you monitor it pretty closely.
>
> On Feb 9, 3:40 pm, martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Using a google spreadsheet with a form for input to populate the
> > spreadsheet that is providing data for exhibit I find that when I use
> > the "checkbox" form field which enables a simple selecting of choices,
> > it will insert the choices separated with a comma, however the field
> > values need to separated with semi colons.
> > has anyone come across this and is there something I can do to make
> > this work?
> > Thanks for any help...
> > Martin
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