Creating forms in Acrobat 8 Standard version (ver. 8.3.1)

I have Adobe Acrobat 8 Standard. My boss wants me to create forms to use on the web (for our intranet). I am told by the IT group that I can create secure forms with fields with the version that I have. I cannot find any info on the web that substantiates that. I don't want to make the IT guys look foolish but I really don't see how I can with the version I have. I have been researching it and it looks like I need the Professional version. Does anyone know the answer? Thanks for any help that you can provide.

Form creation tools were first added to Acrobat Standard with version 9, so you'll have to upgrade. I would suggest getting Pro, not Standard, if you do.

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