Make sure you have planned out the format of your check box before continuing. You should have in mind the label or question for the check box, the number of options, the option text to be shown to the user, and the actual value of each option to be stored when it is selected.
Make sure you are editing the elements of the form you wish to add the check box to. Select Checkbox from the drop down list of elements on your tool bar and click Add. Follow these steps to finish adding the element:
Fill out the Name for your element. The Name is used to uniquely identify this particular element within the form. Form Generator will attempt to auto-assign a unique name to your element, but if you would like a different name you can change it. The only restrictions are, the name must contain only alpha and numeric characters, NO spaces, and be unique within the form you are editing.
Fill out the Associated Text for your element. The associated text is the text shown with your element. This text can be a simple label, question, or instruction. (e.g.: Check if you wish to receive mail about upcoming events.)
Enter the Number of Options to be used with the check box or select a Predefined Option Set (see section: Predefined Option Sets).
If this element is required to be filled out, check the Required check box.
Click Next.
If you did not select a predefined option set, you will now need to fill out the information for each option in your set of check boxes.
For each option, enter the Text which will be the actual text shown next to the check boxes.
For each option, enter the Value which will be the actual value stored if the corresponding option is selected. Optionally, if you the value you want to be stored is the same as the text entered for each option, you can select the Use option text as values check box at the bottom of the list of options. If that is selected, you do not need to fill out anything for the values of your options.
If you wish to have a certain option selected by default when the form is first shown to your site visitors, select the Default flag for the corresponding option.
If you wish to save the set of options you just created as a predefined option set, enter a name to save the option set as in the Save option set as field.
Double check your option set and click Save Checkbox when finished.
The check boxes will be saved and added to the end of your form.