How do I add an outline to a check box in InDesign CS6?

We have a series of existing documents (that were not produced by us) where the check boxes show up as purple boxes in the exported interactive pdfs. Our client wants us to amend the check boxes so that they show up in the pdf as purple boxes with a .25pt black outline, (which would also show up if the pdf was printed).
In the InDesign document the check boxes already have a 1pt black outline (which doesn't show in the pdf). I can change the 1pt outline to ,25pt, but it still doesn't show in the pdf.
We have other documents with check boxes where the outline does show up in the exported pdf, but we can't see any difference at all in the properties of the check boxes, so we can't see why some outlines work and others don't.
Any help would be gratefully received!

insigniagraphics,
Here are the step-by-step instructions.
I assume you already have checkboxes on your ID document. If you don't, skip to the end of this post.
Select one and then switch to the Direct Selection (white arrow) tool.
Double click the edge of the check. You will see a blue frame around the check.
Select that blue frame with the Direct Selection tool. You have just selected the frame.
Go to the Stroke controls and make it Black.
You now have an outline around the check. This is what it will look like when it is chosen.
But your boss probably wants the outline also to be around the area of the check when it is not chosen.
Keep the form selected and switch to the Normal (off) state.
Use the Selection tool to select the frame edge again and apply the stroke.
You now have outlines around each check and in the empty spaces.
BTW the purple is deceptive and depends on Acrobat's settings.
End of the post:
Just start with a frame that has a stroke and you will have one when you convert it to a form.

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