Initial Prefs Setting Of Checkbox?

FROM : Chunk 1978
DATE : Wed Dec 31 05:25:03 2008

i have a few checkboxes in my prefs window which are bound... however,
i was under the impression that i could easily set the very first load
state of these boxes in IB by checking "Selected" (Inspector >
Attributes > Visual > Selected) before the userdefaults are written...
it doesn't seem to work... should this work or am i just dreaming?  do
i really have to write code for this?  and if so, what's the use of
being able to check Selected in IB?