Acrobat 9 (Mac) can't edit this particular interactive pdf. Why not?

Hi,
I sent a Word doc off to someone to get him to make an interactive pdf form, checkboxes etc.  My caveat was that I had to be able to edit the pdf on my Mac with my version of Acrobat (9.0).  ...And guess what.  I can't edit it.
Everything works as it should, except for the fact that Acrobat doesn't offer me the option of adding or editing fields in the form.  I suspect he used a PC and that this might be a factor....
And yet I've had other people help me out with forms in the not too distant past, and they used PCs, and I never had any trouble.
Has anyone had experience with something like this?  Is there a workaround for it?  I absolutely need to be able to edit this using my computer.
Thanks in advance!

Some possibilities, all of which will prevent the document from being edited in Acrobat:
1. The form was created with LiveCycle Designer. Such PDFs cannot be edited with Acrobat. You can check by selecting: File > Properties > Description  > PDF producer
2. The file has some security restrictions set. You can check by selecting: File > Properties > Security
3. The file was Reader-enabled. You can check as with #2 above.

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