Making a form in Adobe 8

I'm new to Adobe Reader, using Adobe reader 8, on Windows Vista. I have written a workbook that will be emailed to Life Coaching clients. They will read the questions and fill out the form prior to a conference call session for a group class session. I can get the content on Adobe document, but it is not available for recipients to fill out when downloaded. Can't find any answers by searching the Adobe site. Anybody out there got any ideas? I'm sure there's a simple answer, but Would appreciate a quick response from somebody out there. Thanks!

Adobe Acrobat can create fillable forms, not Adobe Reader.

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