Acrobat 9.0 Changing Form Field Properties

When working with Form Fields in Acrobbat 9.0, how can I quickly and easily change a Text Field to a Check Box field without having to delete and then add in the new field?  I thought right-clicking would do the trick, but it doesn't give me the option to change from a Text field to a Check Box field or vice versa.

Cannot be done. Its like asking how to change a chicken into a duck, they are both fowl but...

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    This question was posted in response to the following article: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/acrobat/pro/using/WSDFC888F9-219C-4b55-90E6-D316E2A85F08.w.htm l

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