Resave and reedit forms on Adobe Reader

I have created a pdf FORM in Adobe Professional for my dad to use with Adobe Reader (or at least not Professional). He can surely use the fields and input information onto the form and save it, but he cannot go back into the form and edit or resave (the fields are no longer editable after the first save). Is there a way to create this form for him so that he can go back, fill out fields and resave it in more than one sitting?

Hi. I am using Adobe Acrobat Pro X.
With Adobe Acrobat Pro X, you can enable a document for Adobe Reader in several ways. One way is by using the "Distribute" button in "Tools", and then using their wizard.
You can also use File > Save As > Reader Extended PDF.  From there, you have three choices:
   "Enable adding text ..."
   "Enable Commenting and Measuring..."
   "Enable Additional Features... "
I am mostly familiar with the third option (above), which allows someone using Adobe Reader to fill in the form data, and also to add comments, and to digitally sign it.
(Sorry, I must have posted this without seeing your addition entry, OverMileHigh. I will leave it here anyway.)

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