Typing into body of PDF

Hi,
Can you add text to the body of a PDF, e.g. I create a
document in InDesign, export it to PDF and email it to a client to
amend the text in the document. Can they type/delete straight onto
the text area or can they only make annotations with stickies etc?
If they can, is it possible to do this if the client has only
Adobe Reader or do they need the full Acrobat?
Thanks,
Mark

Thank you for your post. These forums are specific to the
Acrobat.com website and its set of hosted services, and do not
cover the Acrobat family of desktop products. Please visit the
following forums for any questions related to the Acrobat family of
desktop products:
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bbeda8b/
Note: You would need a full version of Acrobat to make
changes to a document and then save those changes, unless the
document has been previously enabled by an Adobe LiveCycle Reader
Extensions Server.

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