title: How to create non-exclusive checkboxes with the same name in an Acrobat/PDF form
body: <p>In Acrobat Professional, I create multiple checkboxes and assign the same <em>name</em> to each checkbox, but a different <em>export value</em>. With this, the checkboxes seem to behave like radio buttons: Acrobat only lets me check one of them. If the first is checked, and I click on the second one, Acrobat unchecks the first one.</p>
  
  <p>If I assign different names to the checkboxes, then they do behave independently. However it would make things easier for my code that fills out the form if the name could be the same. Is it possible to create non-exclusive checkboxes (i.e. real checkboxes) that have the same name in Acrobat?</p>
  
  <p>(For reference, this is the PDF I created: <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6900/resources/20110503-exclusive-checkboxes.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">20110503-exclusive-checkboxes.pdf</a>)</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/pjJWa.png" alt="Same name, different export value"></p>