Allow end user to save form entries

I am using Acrobat Pro8. I am creating a live form and want the end user (Using Acrobat Reader) to be able to fill in and save, not just print. Is that possible? I can not figure out how to save the doc so that that is possible. Thanks for any help w/his.

The end user license agreement is at http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/pdfs/Gen_WWCombined-20080205_1329.pdf
You will specifically want to read section 15.12.3.

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I have a VERY old version of Adobe Acrobat (version 5.0, yes gasp in horror). I have the VERY old version of Acrobat Distiller (version 5.0). I have a form that was created in these versions of Acrobat. It works perfectly, even in the new version of Reader (v9), excpet that the form data can't be saved, not a shocker.
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