That is correct. These option buttons work differently. You would need to
link each to sequential cells (possibly underneath the buttons themselves,
then use a formula to see which one is true. (you need to give each set of
7 a common but unique groupname property.

a formula might be

=Match(True, Input!F1:F7,0)

would return a value between 1 and 7 inclusive.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Pat" wrote in message
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I am creating a survey question in excel with 7 radio/option buttons
ranging
from "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree." Only one button can be
selected
and I want each button to return return a unique numeric value (1 to 7)
that
I will link to a cell in another worksheet.
I can do this easily using the option button in the "forms" toolbar but I
would like to use the options button located in the "control toolbox"
toolbar. However, when I try, the only output I get is true or false.
Please help.