How do I tab across pages in a multiple-page PDF Form?

After a couple hours trying to resolve this and researching Adobe's site and the web, I've had no luck. Was hoping someone here could help.
I've created a multi-page form in Adobe Acrobat X for Mac - It started out as a one-page form, and I then added three additional blank pages one at a time, adding the fields as needed. There are no special fields or formatting.
The problem is that each page has its own tab order which starts numbered from 1 as the first field to "x" being the number for the last field. I can tab through the fields of the page fine, but when I get to the last field on the page, instead of "Tab" moving me to the first field of the next page, it jumps back to the FIRST field on the page I am on.
I wasn't sure if I should have just created the form as one long page or if that was even an option. I did it this way because this form will need to be printed on 8.5 x 11 paper once it's filled out.
Is there a way to adjust tabs to move to the next page after filling in the last field on a page rather than just have it go back to the beginning?
There has to be a way to do this, or perhaps another way it should have been done in the first place.  As you know, Adobe isn't known for its intuitive products.
Thanks in advance. After serveral hours of looking for help online, I'm stuck.
Ron

Got it to work. It returned a completely different path of course just to make life interesting and required a FN+OPTION ENTER in order to return the path. I now have the FLATTEN option in the edit menu.
Just trying it checking all the Flatten options except the fields seemed to work on the first pass. I'm going to try and load a copy of the original complete document. I assume that is the proper way to use this at this point since I created the form ***-backwards?
I've used Adobe layout programs since the Aldus days but Acrobat seems to work differently than any other program I've used.
If I understand what you're saying I should:
1. Design the layout of the form leaving spaces for the fields
2. Open Acrobat, import the document
3. Auto-add and correct, or manually add the fields
4. Fix tabbing
5. Add any additional comments or annotations
6. Flatten everything but the fields?  (If the fields are flattened I can't fill out the form unless it's supposed to be a printed form only, right?)
Might just have to break down and RTFM.  Acrobat is a really different animal.

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