Formscentral creating a pdf

Is it possible to save a form (created in Formscentral) as a fillable PDF form?
If yes, what are the instructions or do I need to upgrade?

We just added the ability to distribute your form as a fillable PDF form and have all of the data submitted back to FormsCentral. I wrote up a forum post that explains it in more detail: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/994199
Give it a try and please send us your feedback on it.
Randy

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It sounds like the users on the Mac are not using Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat, FormsCentral PDF forms have features not supported in other PDF viewers and require Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat to work, other viewers will break the PDF. There can be a lot of issues outside of the box outlines - see this FAQ for more info: http://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-2653
Mac users should download the Free Adobe Reader to fill out the PDF. get.adobe.com/reader/
Thanks,
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Available Physical Memory: 4194303 KB
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mapi32.dll
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Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 6300 series Graphics
Version: 8.17.10.1077
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Version: 9.5.1.283
Creation Date: 2012/04/19
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