Save Fillable Forms on Reader

Hello,
I am having difficulties with forms for Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader X. I created a form on word document and exported it to PDF and make the form fillable. If I open the form with Acrobat i can fill the form and save it on my computer. If i open the form with Reader the form can be filled in but cannot save. I need to send this form out to my clients so that they can fill it out and save it and then send back to me. Does anyone have a solution for this problem? Is using Acrobat the only solution to save the form? Please confirm. Thank You.

Oh and, be sure to reader section 15.12.3 of the Acrobat End User License Agreement. There are limitations of use to enabled forms. You'll want to stay within those limits. If you need to exceed those limits, they offer a very expensive server side product that you can use.

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