Help to creating fillable forms from an indesign document?

hello, i am needing to create a simple fillable form in indesign and convert it to a pdf , seems like a simple thing to do but i cant get any joy!
Can someone help asap please?

Hi kirstinf24891137,
I can understand your concern & will help you with this.
Please refer to this KB doc. InDesign Help | Forms | CC, CS6 it will be really helpful.
In case if you need any further help please let us know, we will be happy to help you.
Regards,
Aadesh

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Dory Colbert wrote:
I am working on a very long document, over 100 rows and about 18 columns, which will exist only as a pdf. I need to make 6 of the columns interactive so that they can be filled in with one of three letters by the end user.
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