Editing forms in version 9 problem

All prior to 9 versions of Acrobat Pro allowed to use "select all" command for one kind of fields, for example all text fields or all check mark fields, allowing to apply changes (like size of font for example) to all selected text fields at once or the same style of check mark to all check mark fields.
Now, with version 9 I can only select all fields at once, despite their kind and due to this I cannot for example make font changes to all text fields at once. I now have to manually select all text fields first, holding command and clicking on each field individually.
Unless I miss something of course.
Any suggestions?

Seems I asked too difficult question or didn't ask it clearly enough.
Let me put it in different way.
In Acrobat Pro 8.x we can edit separately different kinds of fields - text, check box, radio button, etc. Simply selecting one kind in forms toolbox shows all fields of selected kind. It allows user to select all and edit them all at once.
In Acrobat Pro 9.x I can't find the way to see and edit only fields of one selected kind - when I select edit form it immediately shows all fields, regardless of kind and I can't find how I can select all fields of the particular kind. I can select the range of fields in the form, particular area of the page, etc. but cannot select all fields of a single kind.
Please, can someone help me here?

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