Unlink checkboxes in Acrobat XI Pro?

[Gleeful_ninja5E53]

Unlink checkboxes in Acrobat XI Pro?

I've copied and pasted a bunch of checkboxes, and finally arranged them all perfectly so they look great, but now when I try to use the form if you check 1 box all of the boxes get checked. How do I unlink all the checkboxes so this stops? FYI: I do not know javascript. I've looked everywhere but answers are for earlier versions that do no apply.

[try67]

The answer is the same for any version: Each field needs to have a unique name.

[Gleeful_ninja5E53]

How do I do that without having to go into 50 individual checkboxes to change each name? What's the easiest way to make multiple checkboxes, with individual names that is not tedious by having to make one at a time?

[Bernd Alheit]

Easist way: create the checkboxes, don't copy.

[try67]

Before creating the fields you can do it by using the Create Multiple Copies command.

After creating them your options are either to do it manually or to use a script, like this one I've developed: Custom-made Adobe Scripts: Acrobat -- Rename Duplicate Fields to Unique Fields

[Gleeful_ninja5E53]

That sounds great! I went to your link but it looks like I have to pay $50 to use the script?

[try67]

Correct.

[JR Boulay · Accepted solution]

Hi.

How do I do that without having to go into 50 individual checkboxes to change each name? What's the easiest way to make multiple checkboxes, with individual names that is not tedious by having to make one at a time?

It's really easy with Acrobat.

Delete 49 of the 50 checkboxes, then right-clic upon the survivor, choose: "Create multiple copies", and enjoy!

[Gleeful_ninja5E53]

Aha! Using 'Creat Multiple Copies' automatically creates a unique name for each box instead of using 'copy' which will not! Excellent! Thank you!!!!