How to export a Form edited in LC Design to still be editable in Acrobat Pro

First off, I’m a new to Forms and how they work.
I created a PDF Form in Acrobat Pro from an existing Word Document. The Form was setup with some functionality like automatically assigning the current Date in a field for when the document is accessed. It consists of 3 signature fields, and was setup to auto populates the signature dates when the person signing captures their name. Each signature block also has code to auto generates an email to be sent after signing. Everything works fine one the From.
My Problem is that I now need to add extra columns and text onto the Form. Unfortunately Acrobat Pro does not allow me to make the content changes required. So I imported a copy of the Form into LC Design and was able to make the required changes. But now none of the functionality seems to work. And when I save it and open the PDF in Acrobat, as soon as I try to Edit the Form it want to re-launce the LC Designer.
I either need to get the functionality to work through LC Designer, or have a way to make the form work again through Acrobat Pro.

Hi George,
thank you for your suggestion. I was not aware of this option. I've tried it and it does seem to be the option with the least amount of work to keep the functionality of the form in tact. I only need to make minor ajustments to the Field locations now but the code and everything else seems to still be in place.
thank you once again.

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