Prepare form Checked boxes in acrobat PDF

[gida_8468]

Hi,

Why when I prepare a form it does not allow me to check multiple bxes. It will unlcik my checked box above if I click on another one when in preview or normal saved PDF. 

TIA

[jane-e]

@gida_8468 

I've moved your post from Using the Community to the Acrobat forum.

The boxes you have are actually radio buttons, where selecting one deselects the other. The way to fix this in Acrobat is to delete the radio buttons and create checkboxes.

If you want to confirm, open Properties for one of the boxes and note that the title bar says it's a radio button.

Jane

[try67]

Or they could be check-boxes but with the same name (and different export values), which would also make them into a mutually-exclusive group.

[gida_8468]

Hi Is there a way to prepare a form automatically making them check boxes from the beginning or will it only make them radio boxes? 

Thank you for your help! @jane-e 

[gida_8468]

and thank you @try67 

[jane-e]

You're welcome @gida_8468 !

Yes. Select Checkbox from the Prepare Form toolbar and use Properties to format them.

Adobe InDesign supports creating a form that can be exported to PDF. If you are using InDesign, you can convert a field from one type to another. Adobe Acrobat does not allow for conversion, so it's delete and re-create.

Jane

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[gida_8468]

Amazing @jane-e Thank you very much!

[jane-e]

You're welcome, @gida_8468.

InDesign can't do everything that Acrobat can do, but ever since CS6 I've been starting my forms in InDesign so I can use Paragraph & Object styles, better alignment & distribution and more — then tweaking it in Acrobat.

https://creativepro.com/topic/creating-interactive-forms-indesign-or-acrobat/

Jane