Auto text box pops up but just want a check

Hi,

I printed an excel document to a PDF and I want to simply put checkmarks in the boxes as I go though my data. However, when I hover over each square a text box pops up. Sometimes this is incredibly helpful, but, in this case I don't want that. Can I disable this feature? I want to press the checkmark editor and put in a checkmark.

(I know you can do this in the text box, but, you have to press the three dots and click checkmark. Then the checkmark is too big and I have to decrease it twice and move it. An I have to do this hundreds of times for this and future projects). 

Thanks, Greg