Font size in PDF form (text boxes)

Hi!
I have an application form as a PDF which I have to print and send back. But the text isn't fitting into the text box, so I get a scroll bar. Now I either have to change the font size or change the size of the text box. But I couldn't find out how to, neither in Reader 8 nor in 9.
Another Option would be to export it as a jpg or something. Can I do that somehow?
Greetings

> I can't imagine there's no way to change the font size...
Yes, the form designer can change the font size. So can you if
(a) you buy the same software - Acrobat Pro, and
(b) the form is not protected - locked - by the form designer.
Aandi Inston

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