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Radio Buttons

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A Radio Button  is a diamond-shaped or circular button that you can click either on or off. One or more Radio Buttons can be grouped by giving all the buttons in the group the same "Form Tag". The group then acts like a single field in which only one of the buttons can be switched "on" at a time. The value of the button that is switched on becomes the Value Tag of the Radio Button field when you submit the form.

For example, you might have a group of Radio Buttons that all have a Form Tag of "fruit". The individual Buttons in the group could have Button Labels and Value Tags of Banana, Apple, Orange, and Kiwi. When you submit the form, the value of the "fruit" field is the selected fruit.

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Add a Radio Button:

  1. Position the cursor where you want the Radio Button to be.
  2. Click the Radio button on the form palette to see Radio Button window.
  3. Specify values for Form Tag, Button Label, and Value.
  4. Click OK to insert the Radio Button at the cursor position within the form.

Check Boxes

Sample check box
Check Boxes are similar to Radio Buttons, except that they allow multiple Value Tags to be submitted with the same Form Tag. The window and mechanism for placing Check Boxes in your form are similar to those for the Radio Button.

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Add a Check Box:

  1. Position the cursor where you want the Check Box to be.
  2. Click the Check button on the form palette to see the Checkbox window.
  3. Specify values for Form Tag, Button Label, and Value and You may also click Checked.
  4. Click OK to insert the Check Box at the cursor position within the form.


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