Invisible form fields and conten6

I created a pdf form within Livecycle however on some occasions when a user fills in the form and emails it over the form fields and content are invisible but when you click on them they become visible. Once you click out of the field they become invisible again.
Does anyone know why this is?
Thank you

Hi,
I am fairly sure that your user(s) has a Mac and has used Apples PDF viewer (called Preview) to open and complete your form.
This will not work!!
Tell them to download the free Adobe Reader for Mac and to use that instead.
A search of the forums for "Preview" and "MAc" will bring up more info.
Good luck,
Niall

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