LFAJ, thanks for the reply, but 'not really' has to be the answer.
I deduce that you say I need to buy Acrobat Pro. To answer your 'why' - it is for a cross-platform editable application form for users for emailing, so Word/RTF not an option.
CISTRS - thanks.
I'll have a scratch around the php/aspx world and see if there is anything there.