Is the office checkbox good?

Of course you can laugh, but it is a fact. Most users do not understand how checkboxes work in MS Office programs. Users see the button and press it. What do they expect? That's right, they are waiting for when some window will appear, where you will need to enter something. And nothing happens. And it does not help that the button is highlighted with a frame, since the cursor is over this button (and the button is already highlighted if you hover the cursor on it).
In this way, Microsoft has taught users the effect of pop-up windows. And now even she can not wean users from this habit.
At the university is the same nonsense. The students are shaking and stupidly waiting for something to happen and get mad at the fact that it works that way. Since they wanted to keep some data, and they themselves do not know what.
Paradox.