Shared Review of Forms

I briefly searched for this topic with no hits.
I created a form from a word document and added one dynamic control: a button to clear all the form fields.  The remainder of the form is composed of text fields and checkboxes.
I am using Acrobat 9 Pro (Version 9.3.2).  When I use the 'Send for Shared Review...' command, I send to reviewers in a message as a link.
The copy of the document that reviewers open, doesn't display the form fields and enable reviewers to use them.  I performed an 'Examine' document and it finds all the form fields in the Navigation Panel, but I can't figure out why they aren't visible.  I checked all form fields' properties, and all are visible.  I can use the form before I send it for review, but somehow sending it for shared review is changing something about the display of the form fields.
Anyone seen this and resolved it?

What are the instructions for Acrobat Pro v11.0.10?
There is no option to save as "Archive copy" only "PDF-X/A" but that returns an error that it can't be saved.
All instances of Shared Review sessions have been removed from the the "Tracker..." dialog, but I am still getting server pings. By all rights, there should be no more pings to any server. When I am actually in my network where the server is visible, Adobe is connecting without my permission.
How can I get the server pings to completely stop in Acrobat Pro v11.0.10?

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