Acrobat 9 not detecting  forms

Hi,
Just started using acrobat 9 standard and I'm having problems with it detecting all the forms on my PDF. The document I'm using has a ton of check boxes and it's not picking up on any of them. Is there a way to get it to recognize the boxes or do I have to do this manually?

Fred, you have to create the form fields in Acrobat. The form fields that you might have created with WORD or other application will not be translated to form fields in Acrobat. If you are using Designer, then the fields can be imported from WORD, but then you can no longer edit the PDF with Acrobat.
For the original post, I am not sure what you mean. If the form is fillable, then the hand will change to an I-bar as you pass over a form field. If it does not change, it is not a fillable form. As far as I know, there is nothing you can do about it with AA 9 Std. I think you have to have Pro to do forms, but am not sure.

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