Editable element in a PDF?

Sorry for the newbie question but I would like to know how I can make a form element in a PDF be editable.
I have made the form and the element can be changed, but not saved for some reason.
When I open the PDF in Reader and edit the form element, then close it and reopen it, the element resets back to its "default" value?
What am I missing here?

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De: Phillip Jones [email protected]
Enviado el: martes, 27 de noviembre de 2012 18:24
Para: Suárez Suárez, Manuela
Asunto: I cannot edit text in a PDF created from scanning
Re: I cannot edit text in a PDF created from scanning
created by Phillip Jones<http://forums.adobe.com/people/PhillipMJones> in Creating, Editing & Exporting PDFs - View the full discussion<http://forums.adobe.com/message/4877588#4877588

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