Excel to PDF editable form help...

I have a price sheet that I have made in excel that has a quantity column for all our products and a total column that has a formula that multiplies the quantity they enter times the price of our product. Then at the bottom I have a total field that adds it all up. It is VERY basic. Is it possible to transfer this over to PDF and keeping the formulas? And somehow making the fields editable? Basically I need it to do these functions in an editable PDF because not all our clients have excel.
If I need to start from scratch in Acrobat, let me know the best way to do this since I am not familiar with the forms functions. I
I have excel 2003, Acrobat Pro 7.1, Adobe LiveCycle Designer 7.0, and Nuance PDF converter.
Thanks

Start by creating a PDF from the Excel file.
Then you'll want to study up on using the form field tools available in Acrobat Pro.
Doing simple calculations shouldn't be too hard to pick up from the help files in Acrobat so give it a shot then come back if you have specific questions/issues.

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