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How to publish Acrobat 9 Pro interactive form for web page

Using Acrobat 9 Pro on Mac, I have created a form using the Form Wizard, from a pdf application form sent to me by my client. I used the wizard to make the fields, but I did not edit any fields. I'm testing this, so I just let the wizard do its work. I read in another post ( https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/24068624/Interactive-PDF-to-web-format.html ) that a Submit button was needed, which I did, plus usage rights, which I did. I publshed the file using File > Export > HTML > HTML 4.01 with CSS 1.0

I can open my form in a browser (Safari 3 ) but no fillin fields are there. The form look like the original pdf. I'm missing something. Can you advise? I find no extension called LiveCycle, so I can only assume the Form Wizard is LIveCycle?

Also, once created, is Adobe Reader required on the user end to view, fillin and submit the form?

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LiveCycle is required in order to export a fillable form.  And in order for someone to fill in the form and  save it to a PDF or to e-mail it, they also must have Adobe Acrobat Pro.  
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The form is not live and the source shows no form field tags when I export the form as html. I use Acrobat 9 Pro on Mac but I guess I don't have LiveCycle. Pro has a wizard to create form fields but apparently it is restricted to distribution by email only.

LiveCycle appears to be a Windows app. So, I assume this is not do-able on Mac. Is there any other option for me to create an interactive online form from a pdf form?

Actually, try this out and see if it helps you.  
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=328647  
It tells me I need the Windows-only LiveCycle, for much $ as I read it. No can do. My goal is to create an interactive online common web form from a pdf form, which will then return a filled in pdf to the form owner. It appears that is not possible with the tools I have.
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