Cannot get acrobat to autodetect text fields and check boxes

I am attempting to take an existing pdf document (life insurance application) and turn it into a fillable form that I can use interactively to complete and sign on screen instead of having to print and fill out by hand. The document has multiple pages including one page 18 that already has fields in it. The rest of the document does not have fields in it. When I attempt to create a form, it does not detect any of the other fields before page 18. It does detect fields after page 18 where the previously fields were already in the original document. What can I do to get Acrobat to detect the fields needed in the first 17 pages of the document and automatically insert them? This is the reason I'm purchasing the software, for the automation of field insertion. If it doesn't do that, there's many other software options that I can build a form in and insert the fields one at a time manually. I don't want to do that because of the volume of documents I am going to be working with. I can email the original document if that will help.
Thanks in advance,
Josh

- You can't run the Fields Detection Wizard on a file that already has
fields in it.
- The reasons why the Wizard does or does not recognize a field, and what
type of field, are not made public by Adobe. So basically if it works,
great, if not, then you're out of luck...
At any rate, be prepared to do some manual adjusting after running it
because even when it works it often creates unwanted fields, fails to
create wanted fields or creates fields with the wrong type (text boxes
instead of check-boxes is a common problem).

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