Preview erases my text input when saving PDF

I'm filling out some pdf forms but when I press save all of my input text disappears.
Any info on this?
Thanks!

keybounce wrote:
This isn't helpful enough. I'm running into this exact problem, with tax forms from the IRS. The PDF's are marked as giving me full permissions. I can say "save as", and the result is an unedited copy of the original file.
So I found out what's going on with the tax forms, at least.
The IRS is using an outdated form preparation program. They even state that their output is compatible with, and will save with edits on Adobe Reader 7 or 8, but not with reader 9.
Is there any way to override or remove the security settings in the PDF file? I mean, if older versions of reader can save the changes, then it must actually be possible, merely a "This flag tells me to disable something that I'm perfectly able to do" in the program, so how can I either disable that flag or change the behavior of the program?
(At least in the USA's copyright laws, there is something called "Fair Use" that lets you do things that would otherwise be prohibited. To deny any form of Fair Use is to deny a protected right, which could get into legal challenges.)

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