PDF File in Preview doesn't show text fields, but OK in Adobe Acrobat

Someone emailed me a pdf document which I opened in Preview. All the the text fields where there was supposed to be data were blank.
I then opened in Acrobat and everything was there. Saved a copy from Acrobat and opened in Preview and the text was finally visible.
Anyone have a clue why this would be happening?
I'm running Leopard 10.5.1

We get these files from the vendor , he creates the file in Adode illustrator for us and he saves the f
ile in PDF format and sends them . He aslo advised he can open
the filre in acrodat pro version and the print pervi
ew is fine and he can print the file with out any issue.
VJ

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