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Nadine23592704slmi
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March 15, 2022
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Check boxes in Adobe ProDC.

  • March 15, 2022
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Hi! I created a form with multiple check boxes. 6 Boxes in a row, about 30 rows in total... Everything works fine so far. Except for one thing. I just made 26 copies, as I have 26 students for whom I need to do an evaluation. If I fill out Student A, the answers and changes appear on all 26 pages, so all 26 students have identical answers and even names🙊. Well, I could have expected this to happen, but unfortunately I didn't see it coming... 

How can I make 26 copies without renaming every single group name by hand? I have 180 check boxes on each page.... I really can't really figure out what to do next. This just seems way too complicated 🤯. I'm sure there must be an easier and faster way. 

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JR Boulay
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JR BoulayCommunity Expert
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March 16, 2022

Convert your first page into a "Page template".

Then spawn this template 26 times using the "bRename" parameter as true.

See: https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acrobat-sdk-docs/acrobatsdk/html2015/index.html#t=Acro12_MasterBook%2FJS_API_AcroJS%2FTemplate_methods.htm&rhsearch=spawn&rhhlterm=spawn&rhsyns=%20

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try67
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try67Community Expert
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March 15, 2022

The only way is with a script, that will generate the fields so that they are uniquely named, but still named the same so that they are in the same group.

For example, I've developed this (paid-for) tool that does just that:

https://www.try67.com/tool/acrobat-generate-radio-button-groups

(It's for both radio-buttons and check-boxes, by the way)

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