Guidelines, Form Fields and Tab Order

I've been fighting a form for about two weeks now with Acrobat 9 Pro. I used guidelines to make sure I could get 2 buttons and a field aligned properly. I have 92 instances of this arrangement. When I reopened the file after I had worked on it for a couple of hours (precisely positioning the guidelines so that I could have consistent field sizes), the guides were gone. What happened. It has now happened three times. I ended up keeping the computer on for 5 days just because I didn't want to lose the guides.
I'm having a similar problem with the selection for tab order. I have right clicked on the page on the left panel, chosen page properties and set tab order to unspecified. I then reorder the fields in the field panel and save the file. When I open the file again, the tab order is unchecked and the fields are not in the order I left them.
Does anyone have any idea why I'm losing my sanity with this Acrobat form. I did it in Acrobat because I thought it would be easier than LiveCycle Designer.
I am duplicating a print form. This means there are 92 places where I have a small button (visible but doesn't print) which executes a JavaScript when pressed to show another button (because it has an icon which will circle the date indicated in a field. I'm thinking I should have the small button on top, aligned on the bottom with the field for the date and the circle icon as the bottom button. How do I get all of these fields and buttons (a mere 276) to go in the right order and stay that way?
Warren Bingham

Warren wrote: "I'm having a similar problem with the selection for tab order. I have right clicked on the page on the left panel, chosen page properties and set tab order to unspecified. I then reorder the fields in the field panel and save the file. When I open the file again, the tab order is unchecked and the fields are not in the order I left them."
In the left panel, in the Sort drop-down list, you have Tab Order selected, right? In the Tab Order drop-down list, is Order Tabs Manually selected?
I am not able to get any menu by right-clicking on the page in the left panel. Can anyone tell me, is there another way to view the page properties while in Form Editing? I'm not finding it in any of the regular menus (menu bar) and I'd like to verify the setting Warren mentioned, for troubleshooting my own problems with tab order.
EDIT -- Of course, as soon as I type it out, I discover the cause. I thought he meant the page in the Form Editing view, but no, I have to open the Pages view and right-click on each page. (Oddly, no options were selected at all. Usually a radio button set will default to the most popular option.) So -- sorry, never mind me.

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