Is LiveCycle Designer part of Creative Cloud?

[earns]

I can't find it anywhere: Is LiveCycle Designer part of the Acrobat-Installation of Creative Cloud/Win?

[try67]

Shaikh Nadeem wrote:

Can livecycle ES4 used on MAC x

No, LCD is a Windows-only application.

[Test Screen Name]

The message is true. You don't want to edit it. LiveCycle Designer is not for signing forms, buying it wouldn't do a bit of good.

[unauthorizedrob]

I wouldn't buy it.  That was Adobe's message to me, when I tried to insert a jpeg of my signature.  The form allows insertion of text, but not images.

[Test Screen Name]

I did some research. Apparently the IRS will accept Only one kind of signature for W-9, all others are blocked. You must use pen and ink. This is neither s fault in Reader nor a moneymaking scheme by Adobe.

[unauthorizedrob]

The "moneymaking scheme" is a silly appellation because all businesses scheme to make money, and I am a friend of Adobe.  My aggravation is that I got CC thinking I was leasing ALL the programs I would need to manage PDF editing, and this other program is apparently very expensive.  It was Adobe's alert that said I needed LiveCycle Designer.

The IRS certainly does not advise anywhere that only pen and ink will do;  the rest of the form is very efficiently designed to accept computer entries.  It was only when I attempted to insert my signature as a jpeg that it balked.

Anyway, bottom line is that I did print it out, sign it, then scan it to email to my employer.