Livecycle Designer (LCD) 8 (Acrobat Pro 9 - Acrobat Pro 11)

I purshased Pro 9 and then purchased the full version of Pro 11 sometime later. Now I can't use LCD to work on the previously created forms.
I have tried to reinstall Pro 9 again so that I have access to LCD again but it wont install with Pro 11.
Additionally, I am told you can't install Pro 9 and than install Pro 11 with 9 either.
Is there a way to install LCD 8 with Pro 11. May be a standalone version of LCD 8.

Did you remove Acrobat 9 before you installed XI?
I believe the setup of XI will ask you to if it should deinstall previous versions or not.

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    Stephen
    [email protected]

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    Hallo :-)
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    Tina

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    hatte heute einige Telefonate mit Adobe, die leider nicht ganz zielführend waren.
    Anfangs hat es ja geheissen - werde Cloud-Mitglied, dann bist du immer auf Letztstand ..... ok .... LCD wurde aus Acrobat entfernt und man muss es nun extra kaufen ?!? Finde ich persönlich teilweise nachvollziehbar aber trotzdem schade :-)
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  • How do I access LiveCycle Designer from my Adobe Acrobat X Pro?

         I am unable to access LifeCycle ES2 from my Adobe Acrobat X pro, even though I am supposed to have it as part of the software.  I have tried Forms/Edit forms, and I have looked for it through all the menus.  Several of the helps I have found for other things has me launch LifeCycle and operate from screens that LifeCycle designer provides. 
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    Joe
    TundraSteve <[email protected]>
    09/28/2012 10:00 AM
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    Acrobat X Pro?
    Re: How do I access LiveCycle Designer from my Adobe Acrobat X Pro?
    created by TundraSteve in LiveCycle Designer - View the full discussion
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  • LiveCycle Designer and Acrobat 9 Pro

    I designed a form in LiveCycle Designer, save it as PDF file.  Try to open it in Acrobat 9 Pro for editing, but cannot.  Why?  I want to edit my fields with Acrobat 9 Pro.  What I am doing wrong?

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  • I installed Acrobat XI through the Creative Cloud and without notice it remove my perpetual license of Acrobat 10 Pro and LiveCycle Designer.

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    Any guidance will be greatly appreciated as I have exhausted all avenues I can think of.
    Thanking You in advance.
    Daniel

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