Is the office checkbox really 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 click it. What do they expect? That's right, they are waiting for a window to appear where they will need to enter something. But nothing happens. And it doesn’t help that the button is highlighted with a frame, since the cursor is above this button (and the button is already highlighted if you hover over it).
This is how Microsoft accustomed users to the effect of pop-up windows. And now even she herself cannot wean users from this habit.
In the university the same nonsense. Students are shaking and stupidly waiting for something to happen and are furious that it works that way. Since they wanted to keep some data, and they themselves do not know what.
Paradox.