Reader hides filled in text in form fields

Hi,
I made a form for a client in Indesign and saved in Acrobat > Reader Extended PDF > Enable Additional Features.
When opening in the Reader it hides filled in text in form fields. Only a click in the field will show the text. I want the filled in text be shown as you should expect. Like for example Apple's Preview does. When printing all the text is printed but on first view all the text seems to have dissapeared. Can somebody point out to me where I go wrong?
I hope somebody can help me out.

If the form was ever opened and saved with Preview, it is the likely culprit here. Preview corrupts PDF forms in a number of ways when it saves them. For more information, see: http://kb2.adobe.com/community/publishing/885/cpsid_88564.html

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