Fillable Fields in Form

After I have created my form and added all my interactive fields, I generate my pdf to test filling out my form. At times, when I hit the tab to go to the next field, (as defined) it jumps to another field instead of the "next". I realize that this happens because of the order in which I created the fields. Now, is there a way to fix this without restarting my 20 page - over 60 fields so when I hit tab it goes to the next field?
Thanks!

Did you say you had a 20 page form? I don't think I've ever seen such a thing.
Maybe there's a limitation I'm not aware of. Try one of the other two methods suggested above.

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