Autodetect text form fields-How do you get it to find all field areas?

I have 50 pages, all identical.  I created in InDesign and its simply just a chart that is about 50 lines with 4 columns.  It was created as a table also and very clean.  I want each of those cells to be converted to text form fields in Acrobat.  When I run the auto detect, it finds every one except the column on the far right and one of the cells on the very bottom with all 50 pages.  I really need this to autodetect these or else I will have to do all those missing ones manually and that is a TON I will have to do and give unique names also which I really dont want to do!  I have attached a screenshot of the form as is and another showing all the detected fields.

I don't think that there is a way to do, I think your only option is to add manually. If that column is the same size as last one on the right that it detected then you can copy>paste. But beware you may have to rename the field and double check your tabbing order when doing so.
If all your 50 pages have the exact same fields then get your 1st page setup. Then create page 2 and open your pdf with the correct fields, go to Document>Replaces Pages, and select page 2, so the same for all pages and then combine all pages into 1 pdf when finished (seems like a lot of steps but in my opinion faster then doing 50+ pages and however many fields). As long as your 1st page is the exact same field setup as all the rest this should prevent you from having to redo all 50 pages.

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