Saving a PDF on an iPad

When filling out a PDF in Adobe reader on my iPad the checkboxes are visible but the words I typed in are not visible when I save the PDF. When I e-mail the PDF both words and checkboxes are visible to the recipient. How do I get everything to be visible on the saved copy on my iPad?

Comments and filled out forms should be visible in Reader, but not in the emailed form (as in you cannot see it in Mail since that is not a supported feature in Mail) or other apps that use Apple’s technology.

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