Fillable Forms won't save

Hello! Pardon my beginner-ness.
I've converted a MS Word doc to a fillable form - it went super-smoothly - loved it. When testing it by sending to another PC, I get a message that indicates, I paraphrase, "data entered into the form won't be saved - print it."
The goal here is to provide a fillable form that can be saved/stored. Please tell me that it's possible and I just haven't done it right.
Can you help?
Dude-ler

Be careful. Upgrading to get the feature may still not be what you want. The feature is limited by the license, sec 15. You can read the AA9 license from the adobe site. Basically you are limited to 500 saves if the file is submitted as a form. Read carefully to check the exceptions. For the web, it is likely not a good idea and you may likely exceed the limit -- meaning big bucks to Adobe. If you are not happy with the limitations, then don't upgrade and complain later.
The real question is if it is necessary for your clients to be able to save the completed PDF form. If not, then forget it and use what you have. It is just not worth the cost or potential legal problems if you don't need it.

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