Complete loss of tab order in form

I received a MS Word document (2003) that I opened in my MS Word 2010 and saved as a .pdf document.  I then opened the .pdf file in Acrobat Pro v 9.4.7 and used the Forms tools to create a fillable form.  My tab order shows exactly as I want it to perform.  I close the form.
I can open this form on my computer - using BOTH Adobe Acrobat Pro AND Adobe Reader 9 (v 9.4.7 also) and the form performs exactly as I intend it to.
However, when I have it tested by coworkers, the form tabbing does NOT perform as intended.  They are using Adobe Acrobat Pro v 8.1.3 and Acrobat Reader v 9.0.0.
Can anyone help me figure out why this is happening and how I can fix it?  Myself and one of our developers have spent hours on this and cannot even get to the root of the problem, let alone resolve the issue.
Thanks!
Susan

George, once again you have saved me much additional grief!!  Changing the order to "row order" instead of "manual order" was all it took...although I still don't understand why the end users tabbing order did not match what I could see in the development software.  (Perhaps that information would be a bit too much of a Christmas miracle to hope for.)
Thank you so much for your help on this! I now have five other forms to prepare, and your wisdom should help them all go smoothly.
Susan

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