Forms: Translating Word Form to PDF Form

I have created a fill-in form in Microsoft Word (protected). Does anyone know how to then make it a fill-in form in Acrobat? Years (and years) ago, Word had an icon on the toolbar that you simply clicked. Acrobat help says use the "Acrobat toolbar." Help me on that? I could probably recreate the darn thing in Acrobat, but it's much easier for me to work in Word. Thanks.

I am new to this and trying to do the same thing. For interactive forms you save the word file to pdf first. Then, using the forms tool you create the form. Acrobat searches the fields and identifies what it thinks are the interactive fields. From there you can go to a host of editing tools to modify, add or delete fields.
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Sql = "SELECT * FROM Invoices" & WHERE
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Rs.Open Sql, Conn, adOpenStatic, adLockReadOnly, adCmdText
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'VendorID = VendorName = VendorNum = InvoiceDate = PreparedBy = ""
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Next
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