Finally got LiveCycle working again and it worked!  I just had to change the box property from Plain Text only to Rich Text in the Object Field menu and it worked!  Thanks for your assistance!  I knew it was probably something simple but couldn't quite figure it out.

Thanks Paul.  Right after I got this answer my computer crashed and am just getting back everything installed on it.  I will give this a try in the next day or two and see if this is in fact what I need although from your description it sounds like it may be!

I am VERY new to Live Cycle and hope I'm posting this question in the right location.  I have created a few PDF's where users can download cards and projects and custmize what they'd like the text to say.  I know there is a way to also allow the end users, by bringing up the Properties menu in Adobe...