Best way to type in forms

I work a lot more with Acrobat and I am still learning but it really is a great program.
I am aware that Reader is just for reading documents but I am curious as to how most of you fill out forms that you download in pdf format.
Optimally, I would like to click where I want (as in Photoshop) and type in for fields like Name, Address, etc.
I am finding the touchup text tool is not exactly the tool I am looking for.
Any help is appreciate as I'm still learning.
Thank you.

It is a bit hard to help since we do not know if you have Acrobat or Reader for sure. You talk about Reader, but mention Acrobat. If you have Acrobat, then graffiti's comment is appropriate. If only Reader, then George's comment is appropriate. If you have Reader and the form has not fields or is not enabled for commenting, you need to get out the pen and complete the printed form.

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