A Fillable Form in pdf

Can Coldfusion create a form/pdf that has fillable fields
that can be filled out & then printed??
I've seen where it popultes a pdf form already to create a
new pdf static page, but I don't want to purchase Acrobat Pro to
make form fields....is that the only way?
....and what are the sites out there doing that has a
subsrciption to use their service for them to create fillable web
forms?

I used LiveCycle Designer to create a .pdf form. You have to
name each field and use that name in the cfpdfformparam call. The
user can fill in fields and then print. This isn't nearly as
involved as submitting the fields they filled in back to
ColdFusion.
Scott

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Good Afternoon!
This is my first time posting here, so forgive me if this is in the wrong place.
I am an IT technician trying to support a user who is trying to change a PDF into a fillable form using Acrobat 10.1.4. She is trying to use the wizard as shown in the image below:
When she uses this function, Acrobat goes through and automatically detects all possible fields and creates them for her. Below is an image of the result:
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Save early and often.
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