Acrobat 9 - "Title" for fillable field

I'm new to creating forms with Acrobat, so I'm afraid I don't know the lingo. I apologize in advance.
Is there a way to give a "title" to a fillable field that is only visable until the user selects the field?
For example, if I want to create a section like this:
TO: Name
Company
Street Address
City, State, Zip
Phone Number
And when you click on "Name" it disappears and I can type my name there, etc.
Instead of having to do this:
TO: Name: Kat
Company: ABC Co.
Street Address: 123 Main St.
City: Timbuktu
State: HI
Zip: 12345
Does that make sense?

Yes, you can set the tab order. In Acrobat 9 first go into form editing mode by selecting: Forms > Add or Edit Fields
You'll then see the list of fields on the left of the window. You arrange them by clicking and dragging on the field name. Unfortuately, you can only select one field at a time and the order can be automatically rearranged as you edit and move fields, so it can be rather tedious if you have a lot of fields.
Acrobat 11 allows you to select multiple fields at once when changing the tab order as well as provide a means to prevent this automatic reordering.

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