Save fillable PDFs in Reader

I've created a fillable PDF form in Acrobat 7.0 Professional.
I want to fill in the form by using Adobe Reader and then save it as a new (will obviously be a non-editable) document.
Filling in works fine, but it doesn't let me save the filled-in form with Adobe Reader.
Can you help, please? Thank you so much.

In order for a modified document to be saved with Reader, it has to be Reader-enabled. Unfortunately, Acrobat 7 does not allow you to Reader-enable a form. This capability was introduced with Acrobat 8 Pro and is available with versions 9 and 10 as well, both Standard and Pro.

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