Form Field in word forms to be exported to pdf form

Dear all,
Within our company, all templates for documents are existing in word .doc format and will be edited in word as well.
I would like to add a form field within these word templates which will be recognised by Acrobat 8 Pro automatically as a form field for a digital signature.
I would like to do this within the word form, because I don't want to add the numerous (up to 10) signature fields manually with the Acrobat form
each time I export this file to .pdf.
This is necessary in order to certify a document with a visible signature and to allow more colleagues to sign this document as well after my certification.
Does someone know a workaround or even a solution?
Thanks in advance!
Matt

The auto field wizard does not catch all fields or types of fields (signature is one of them), does not keep exclusionary groups, and does not add the optional values. The wizard can have a hard time recognizing check boxes and radio buttons.
So even after you run the wizard there is a lot of manual clean up to perform. I just find it easier to create the form fields as needed. I also use a lot of field naming for automation processing of groups of fields.
Open Office does not do signature, but it keeps the options for combo/drop downs and radio buttons/check boxes.

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