How do I highlight multiple cells in a form?

I created a form in Acrobat X.  Previously, when the customer filled the (Excel) form and returned it, our staff would be able to highlight an entire column and paste it into another software package that tracks expenses etc.  Now, with a requirement of digital signatures on our forms (as well as a few other requirements that the PDF form fulfills), we need to go the PDF route instead fo Excel.  The downside to the PDF is that I can't figure out how to make it so that our staff can highlight an entire column and copy paste. 
For example, if it were the table below.  Pressing "select all" in Reader would only highlight the cells A1 - D1 and A1 - A7, the cells that say "TXT ENTERED TO FORM" would not be highlighted.  I would not be able to highlight the cells (like you can in Excel) B2 - D2.
A1
B1
C1
D1
A2
TXT ENTERED TO FORM
TXT ENTERED TO FORM
TXT ENTERED TO FORM
A3
TXT ENTERED TO FORM
TXT ENTERED TO FORM
TXT ENTERED TO FORM
A4
TXT ENTERED TO FORM
TXT ENTERED TO FORM
TXT ENTERED TO FORM
A5
TXT ENTERED TO FORM
TXT ENTERED TO FORM
TXT ENTERED TO FORM
A6
TXT ENTERED TO FORM
TXT ENTERED TO FORM
TXT ENTERED TO FORM
A7
TXT ENTERED TO FORM
TXT ENTERED TO FORM
TXT ENTERED TO FORM
Any assistance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

You state that you have "Multiple lines" checked but you don't get multiple lines. Does this mean you don't see visually mulitple lines or you have tested the form and you can't enter in multiple lines? If you are wanting the field to expand as you type, please check out my solution here: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/832659?tstart=0.
Mallard27

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