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Checkboxes in PDFs

If you want to connect a variable to a checkbox, you can do so using the following steps:

  1. Use gavel.io/pdf to unlock your document. There, you can change the name of the field so it includes "Checkbox" for easy identification.
  2. Load the document to the Output Documents.
  3. Click on your PDF.
  4. Select "Tagged to Question" on the field (like below).
  5. Choose the variable name and option.
In the example below, the PDF checkbox field CheckboxQuestion1 will be checked if variable yesno1 is answered Yes:
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