Can Pages Create Forms?

In other word processors (Open Office 2.2, to be precise - and probably word, but I don't use it so I don't know) you can create a form that can be edited by whoever reads your document - ie, you can create something like:
First Name:
Last Name:
Occupation:
Shoe Size:
With a text box next to each item that is left blank but later filled in by whoever fills in your form. This was especially useful when exporting to PDF, as the forms would remain editable in Preview and Adobe Reader, but the rest of your document is read-only.
I don't see any obvious way to do the same sort of thing in Pages. Did I miss something, or are forms completely absent from the feature set of Pages?
(I need to write up some contracts, and want to leave some blanks to fill in for the particulars of the parties involved, but make the text non-editable.)
Thanks!
-- Kimball

It cannot.

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