Editing a Mac made PDF in Windows 7?

Not sure if I should place this in the Mac forum or the Windows forum, so I'll place it in both. For years I've worked with a copy editor through Adobe Acrobat. Recently, she upgraded to Windows 7. Now, she cannot edit the PDFs I send her. Apparently, she's getting a message that says I need to allow editing, although I haven't done anything different with the PDFs I'm emailing her.
What do I need to do so that PDFs created on a Mac are editable on a Windows 7 PC?
Thanks,
Kelly

Is the editor using Acrobat Reader ?
Perhaps she is using an older version of Acrobat.
Most people saving pdf's so they are comptible with Acrobat 5 (version 1.4) People on PC's tend to stick with an older version of an application even long than Mac people do. I know people that use PC's that are still usinf Acrobat or Reader 4 or 5.
Have you Gone to Adobe.com to Support FAQ's and typed in your problem It might have an answer.

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