Need to allow saving of fillable form

Please, someone help! I designed a form in Livecycle and after saving it, it worked fine here at the house. I took it to work, and it stated that I couldn't save it. I read about allowing rights on one of these Adobe pages, but the instructions for enabling rights didn't apply to Adobe "X" Pro (version 10). What tabs and what commands must I use to give full rights to the file?
Thanks ahead of time for any assistance that may be provided.

Bobby answered the question, but you should ask about the need for saving the form. If the data is to be submitted, saving the form is not required for that option (data only). The data can then be imported into the form to get the same results. If you do the activation, be sure you read the EULA as there is a restriction on the number of submissions of the form (or its reincarnations). If it is for the web, then I would not recommend the activation. The user can always print the form if you allow that option.

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