No text in form text boxes

I have been sending out forms to be filled out in Adobe. So far, most of them come back with no issues. But recently, I have started to get them back where the text in the text boxes doesn't show up unless I click in the box. The text doesn't print when the form is printed, so that is a problem. I did some digging and it seems that the problem stems from people filling out the form in Preview mode as opposed to the regular Reader mode. So my question is two-fold.
1. Is there a way to make it so that the form cannot be filled out in Preview mode, but will prompt the user to open it up in Reader?
2. How can I fix the forms I already have? I read something about importing and exporting the form data, but I cannot see where to do that.
I am using Adobe X Pro on a Mac, and I am NOT a power user, so please be very detailed in your answers about where I find commands.
Thank you,
Michele

I figured that much out.
My question was how do I prevent these problems? I saw another discussion (over a year old) that said something about importing and exporting the data, and another answer that mentioned turning off the ability to fill out the forms in Preview.
So my questions were how to actually perform those "fixes" since I can't seem to find any sort of 'import/export/ command in Adobe Pro X nor can I find anything about locking the form from being filled out in Preview mode.
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