How to enable forms to be able to save form filled data?

I've read that Adobe Reader XI now allows users to save data filled in forms.
However, when I create a pdf file using LiveCycle, the from still says that the data cannot be saved.
I'm using Designer ES4 btw.
Thanks.

Enabling the document in Acrobat is perfectly fine and sufficient for allowing Reader to save a filled-in form, but it does come with certain restrictions, as mentioned in the Acrobat License Agreement. In particular, if you distribute an enabled document to more than 500 recipients, you are limited to using data from no more than 500 forms that have been returned to you. If distributed to 500 or fewer, there are no restrictions. LC Reader Extensions has no such restrictions and does not require XDP.

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