PDF form created in Acrobat X - Mac Preview does not wrap text

This is driving me crazy, please excuse me if this is rudimentary -
I created a document in Word that will be a daily form filled out and saved as individual pdf's.
In Acrobat X, I opened this doc & created a form.
If I open with Acrobat reader or X, the form holds all parameters including "shrink to fit" with text...
But, Preview clips the text... it centers text like I requested but doesn't adjust font size to fit...
Is there a step I'm missing? This form needs to be filled out correctly in Preview - is this possible?
Thanks

You should NEVER expect that Apple's Preview application will be able to give the quality of preview you'll see in Acrobat. Apple chooses to implement or not implement the parts of the PDF specification that they choose.
You should complain about this in the Apple user forums because they developed the application, not Adobe.

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