Exporting Numbers sheet to pdf but keeping formulas?

Hi!
I want to know if it's possible to export a Numbers sheet to .pdf in a way that let's me keep the formulas? My goal is to create a pdf which let's the user answer a series of questions where the answers create a result and a couple of diagrams. I have it all drawn out in Numbers but can't figure out how to create a pdf out of this. If I export the sheet to pdf the formulas disappear....
Please help me!
Thanks!

Hi Owen,
This seems to be a good candidate for the sharing function in Numbers 3 rather than a pdf. You simply send the person the link to the spreadsheet. They enter some data right through their browser and (since, unlike with a pdf, the formulas are there) they will see the results and the charts change on their end. They don't need to have a Mac or Numbers installed; just any computer with a modern browser.
That works well for one user at a time. If you have different users who will each be inputing different things you can set up multiple copies of your document and share each one to a different person.
If they have a modern Mac updated to Mavericks you can of course just send them your document and they can open it on their end, since Numbers is now free to all.
Obviously, none of this is advisable if data integrity is an issue, because once you share a document, both they and you (or anybody else who gets their hands on the link) can go in and change values and formulas until such time as you revoke the sharing.  There's no password protection for shared documents.  Hope that's coming.
SG
Edit: Sharing works the same from Numbers for iOS, in case you're running it on an iPad.

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