Highlight Fields Option on Forms

Hi, I have noticed when I place form fields in documents in Acrobat 8 professional, that sometimes it automatically creates an icon at the top left, just above the "Pages" icon, for having the purple bar accross the top of the page with the button to highlight the fields. But sometimes after placing form fields in a document it doesn't enable this option. And even when I look in the "Forms" menu dropdown the option to highlight fields is grayed out. Why does it lock this option off on some files and how can I manage this option? FYI: I don't have the box checked under edit preferences for "Forms" that says "Always hide forms document message bar".
Thanks

Ok thanks that seems to be it. I added two more fields to a file that only had one and it did seem to enable it. Seems odd that Adobe requires at least three before this can be enabled instead of simply if the file has fields or not.

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