>I added two optinbuttons on a frampage. The was a optionbutton(call 'notified')on the page already. All three buttons were set value property as '0'. When the pagetab was clicked and the page popped up
>why only the 'notified' showed the correct value of the field which linked to (first record). The other two new ones just showed default(no selection).

Syndi, have you checked that you had the correct control-source values for the 2 new option groups?

If you are trying to show 3 different fields, you will need 3 different option groups. If you are displaying logical fields, it's easier to use a check box.

HTH