Saving a pdf form in illustrator

Firstly, I would like to say hello as this is my first post. I'm just a novice compared to the majority of you guys here but hopefully I'll be able to muck in a little and add my share of help in the days ahead
My problem may be a simple one but as explained, my knowledge is fairly limited in acrobat. I've created a template using illustrator and within acrobat, I have added text fields and drop down boxes. I've since tried to shrink the overall size of the artwork back in illustrator but when saving again to a pdf, all my text fields and other acrobat features I've added have disappeared.
Any suggestions appreciated, thanks.

Illustrator doesn't support interactive elements in a PDF file, so opening a form in AI will indeed remove the fields.
If you need to change the page "behind" a form, either use the Replace Pages option on the pages navigation tab (which will change the page but leave any form fields in place) or output a new PDF and copy/paste the form fields across from the original copy. If the document contains other elements (such as scripts) then the Replace Pages option is your best choice.

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