Multiple objects selection

I saw a tutorial by Mordy Golding which said you could select multiple objects w/different CMYK color values and change just one value without changing the others. I can not do this. Does anyone know what Im doing wrong? When I make a multiple selection and try to change just one of the values in a CMYK breakdown-all of the objects change to the same color. Thanx for any clarification on this.

There are 2 boxes with drop shadows here. The top one has a 75%opacity, the bottom a 25% drop shadow. According to the tutorial you should be able to select one and then go to Select->Same->Appearance Attribute and change the other to the same opacity.

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