PDF compadibility question

Hello my name is Daniel Sanders and I am creating a pdf form in Adobe Designer 7.0 that will be e-mailed to other computers in my department. The problem is that I am using Adobe Acrobat 7.0 and many of my customer's computers have Adobe Acrobat 6.0. Is a pdf form created in Adobe designer 7.0 compatible with users with Adobe Acrobat 6.0?
Also, I have a problem with text overlapping on my pdf form after I e-mail it to a customer. Is this a compatibility issue or something else?

Daniel,
I think it should work fine with Acrobat 6 or higher.
For the text overlapping issue, I can look at your file (if you want).You can email it to [email protected]

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