Adding changes to existing PDFs?

Hello all,
I have been looking for a solution to my problem for quite some time now but haven't been able to find it.
My company offers many online forms for our customers that are quite complex and include many (hundreds) different fields. Right now we offer the forms in DOC format but would like to change that and start offering PDF files. Most of our original files are stored in .DOC format and we usually just convert them into PDF interactive forms. However, these forms do have to be revised later on as the automatic conversion doesn't always include minor changes.
My question is, when I make small changes in my .DOC file, how can i update my PDF file and only include the latest changes? Kind of synchronize the .DOC and PDF file, is that possible? Of course, I could just convert the updated DOC file, however, it would take a lot of time correcting the 'new' PDF file which is obviously not the most efficient way.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot in advance!
Best,
Al

Hi Bill,
thanks a lot for the help. Strange that I havent been able to find that simple solution! I'll have a look at it.
Yeah, the layout usually changes pretty much everytime whereas the PDF files shows the layout in exactly the same way everytime.Thats the main reason for us to switch to PDFs. Plus, they look sexier and have a couple more functions.
Thanks again for the great help Bill!
Keep it up!
Al

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