Answer text not showing up on fillable form

I created a fillable PDF and occasionally when it is returned with filled in information you can't see the text they entered until clicking on that particular line.
Example we ask for the persons name, address etc. When looking at the form it looks completely blank where answers are to be typed. When you click on that line, the answer shows but only on that line. When you click on the next line that answer appears but the previous answer no longer shows.
Help!!!

As Bernd mentioned, this is most likely caused by the form being used with Preview, which corrupts PDF forms in a number of ways. The best thing you can do now is open the form in Acrobat and export the form data to an FDF/XFDF file. Then open the original blank form and import the data file. The fields will populate with the data in the file and you can save it.
You may have to prepare a special version of the blank file if the form uses JavaScript or other means to show/hide fields, spawn templates, and other types of dynamic behavior. The idea is that all of the fields should be visible so the imported data is shown.

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