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Gleeful_ninja5E53
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October 11, 2016
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Unlink checkboxes in Acrobat XI Pro?

  • October 11, 2016
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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.

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Correct answer JR Boulay

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!

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try67
Community Expert
October 12, 2016

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

Gleeful_ninja5E53
New Participant
October 12, 2016

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
Community Expert
October 12, 2016

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