Preview: Working with PDF Forms

Hi all,
We had a faculty member (using a mac and preview) edit one of our PDF form docs (created using Acrobat Professional 8). The problem we have noticed is if the user fills out each field using Preview, then saves the document (PDF again) and sends to us her data has disappeared when we open it in Adobe Reader or Professional. the funny thing is...if you click in (for example) field 1 the data shows. But, as soon as you remove focus from that field it disappears again.
So, in testing this. If you open the document back in Preview the data is there. Again, this only happens if the form is filled out using Preview. Any ideas - I've seen this problem around the web, but no solutions.
Thanks in advance!
mz

Hello -
I don't know that there -is- a fix; it's a limitation of Preview, Acrobat Reader, etc. (With Reader, you'll actually get a warning message to the effect 'You won't be able to save a completed copy of this form on your computer ...')
Your user can use the print dialog to save the completed form as a PDF, if that'll work in your application.
Good luck.
srb

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