Sending a fillable form

I am having a problem when mac users click the send form button when I have directed it to go to my email in the actions tab. Is there something I need to do to enable mac users to send the form when I have created it in windows?

Thank you for the reply.
They are using Adobe reader. The test person was using the latest version
of Adobe.
I created the form in Adobe Acrobat 9 and We also have Lotus Notes. Not
sure if that could be the problem.
Thank you,
Linda Wilkinson
[email protected]
503-679-4155
Clackamas ESD, Special Education
LEEP
From:   George_Johnson <[email protected]>
To:     Linda Wilkinson <[email protected]>
Date:   09/14/2010 11:06 AM
Subject:        Sending a fillable form
What problem are you having, exactly?
A problem with PDF forms on the Mac is that with OS X there is a built in
PDF viewer called Preview. Preview does not fully support PDF forms
features, which is an understatement. For your form to work, all of your
users need to be using either Adobe Reader or Acrobat, preferably version
7 or above.

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