Editing imported PDF forms

Can I edit, in Adobe Acrobat, a form I created in Acrobat and imported to Forms Central? I need to add copy and I don't want to lose the responses I've already gotten.

Hi Karen;
You can edit the PDF without breaking the submit process or losing existing responses as long as you do not modify the form fields, if you are just adding copy to the pages but not to the form fields it should be fine.
Here is an FAQ on editing FormsCentral PDFs in Acrobat (I understand this was an imported PDF): http://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-3661
Another option would be to export the responses from that form, edit the original PDF the way you want it and then import this new edited PDF as a new form in FormsCentral where you could import the responses from the first form.
Let me know if you have any follow up questions.
Thanks,
Josh

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