Filling in Forms and Saving in Acrobat Reader

Hi, i have created form fields in a PDF document created in Acrobat 8, but when i open the document in Reader, it will not allow me to save the file with the form filled out, it will oly allow a blank document to be saved. Is there a way around this so that anyone opening the documet in reader can save the filled out form? There is no security setting and comments are NOT enabled. Any insight into this issue would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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If you're using Acrobat 8 Pro, you can Reader-enable the document, which allows Reader to save a filled-in form. In Acrobat 9, the menu item to do this is "Advanced > Extend Features in Adobe Reader", but I think it was something different in Acrobat 8. Check Acrobat's Help doc if you can't find it.

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