Filling out an Adobe FormCentral form

Hi all,
This might be really simple but I've created a few forms in FormCentral and I've included the 'help text' on a few fields. When I save the form as a PDF and open with Adobe reader, I get the purple bar across the top stating 'Please fill out the following form', however the help text does not show up anywhere to give guidance?
Is this a particular view setting in reader?
Thanks,
Cory

This may be a better forum to ask your question: http://forums.adobe.com/community/formscentral

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