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They used Livecycle (XFA) forms. It's not part of the latest PDF standard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFA

Here is a plain Acroform version :-)

https://send.firefox.com/download/3d2da3ccd62d4ce9/#CJRCa5XO...

Ha! Finally an answer to what these forms are. Thanks! Speaking of which, what software did you use to make the conversion? It might be nice to pass this information along to the agency to see if they'd be willing to convert all their forms.

Save file as Static PDF Form from Livecycle/AEM. (That means advanced capabilities like tables that can "grow" are removed.) Open in Acrobat Pro. Extract the pages (Shift-rightclick the thumbnails on the left side) to a new PDF.

If you asked Adobe, they would say this is not possible. :-)

>It might be nice to pass this information along to the agency to see if they'd be willing to convert all their forms.

If you see a way to, make them pay for it; there is money to be made.

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