Designing dynamic forms

Hello, I've been given a 20 page form in pdf that needs dynamic fields added. The auto detect in Acrobat is useless and I opted to open each page in Illustrator then copy the fields to Indesign and export, but the Acrobat auto detect is still useless and inconsistent, exporting some items and not others and exporting some squares as text, some as check boxes and some as radial even though they all have the exact same formatting and size (tried making them circles). Is there a way to tag the objects so they export as they should or some software with a bit more logic than Acrobat?
At this stage there is no way that I can find to rectify the issues without manually placing the majority of fields which will take days. There must be a solid way to design dynamic forms and wondering if any gurus out there have any tips. I am operating CS3 (will have CS5 in a few days if the client can wait).
Thanks very much for any help.
Cheers, Leah

InDesignSecrets has some information on creating forms by using a hidden layer in InDesign to include elements that will help Acrobat auto-detect the form fields.
http://indesignsecrets.com/automated-forms-with-acrobat-8-and-indesign.php
Michael Murphy has also done a couple of videos on Forms, in Episode 52 (basics) and 53 (advanced topics). You can find them here:
http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/episode-52-acrobat-friendly-form-design
http://www.theindesigner.com/blog/episode-53-acrobat-friendly-form-design-part-2

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