Text entered in form fields in Reader 9 disappears to user

Forms were created in Live Cycle Designer 9 and published. The users have been upgraded to Reader 9 and when they fill out a form, the text disappears when they exit a field or tab to another (check boxes seem to work fine). They also cannot see the filled in data when they print. When the forms are submitted, I can read and print the filled in information.

I'm having a similar problem. The text in my forms fields (created via Acrobat 9 Pro) disappears from source field when I tab from source field to another but will reappear if I go back to source field. This is happening with Acrobat Reader 9. Reader tell me I can edit the fields and I can. The text is there when I edit the file with Acrobat. When I print with Reader 9 , the text does not print. I'm using trialware and trying to work using only the online help which is not that easy to do being a PDF editor newbie :-( . Thanks
Jake

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