Exporting from InDesign into a PDF to be used in Acrobat question.

Hi, I'm trying to figure out if there's a way when exporting to PDF to leave fields open/editable(not the word im looking for) so that when the form is opened in Acrobat the form can be typed on/on top of, dont want to change/edit the actual document.
What i have is an InDesign doc, that just a form for college classes (things like Course #, Course Title, Credit hours, Final Grade, College, ect) So there are blank spaces in the Table we made that need to be filled in at a later date, those In past times the completed form would have just been printed out and the person filling it out would just write that in. What i'm wanting to know is if there is way that i can set up the document for export to the PDF, that the program recognizes that those spaces need to be left so that we can type in it in another program, like Acrobat. Its for college office work so our office ladies dont have indesign and use acrobat regularly.
I hope that makes sense i can try to explain again if need be. A pic of the table is attached.
Thanks

Yeah that's the best bet, though if you don't want to make a bunch of fields, you can also just save it with the Typewriter tool enabled in Acrobat (Tools > Typewriter > Enable Typewriter Tool in Adobe Reader). Then, the person viewing it will get a little typewriter tool that they can use. I think they have to have version 9 of Adobe Reader.
But it looks the best to add in all the fields individually.
Hope that helps,
Phyllis

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