Prefill a field that remains editable in Acrobat Pro 9

Hey folks - I'm still suing Acrobat Pro 9 and created a PDF from a word document. I used the tool and created some fields. I can "tab" from field to filed and type whatever text I want. My question is sometimes the answer will be the same but sometimes not. Is there a way I can save the PDF with specific text in an editable field that can be edited (filled in other than they way its opened) by any Acrobat user that opens my PDF? (or does it is just need to be left black if it may vary and be filled everytime?). Is the newer version able to do this?

You can fill it whatever value in the field, of course... Just enter the
value and then save the file before distributing it.

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