Linking text fields together

Hello, I am using Adobe Acrobat X Pro, the latest version in Windows 7.
I had a quick question, I am trying to make a form for my business in PDF (Link to picture below, some parts are censored out)
http://i.imgbox.com/adr7EKX6.png
I have this on Microsoft Word, on the left is the logo and business information (censored), top right business name (censored).
Now this is in Word and it works perfectly except I do not want anyone to be able to edit this file because we email them to clients and such.
Under Property Information I have fields where we can type the "Work Order number", a dropdown selection for "Client" and clicking the "Date & Due Date" opens a calendar which I can select the date (Picture below).
http://i.imgbox.com/abjiMb5L.png
And the "Address" has 2 text boxes, one on top and another one in the bottom which are both linked (see picture below for outline of the 2 text boxes),
so I start typing on the top and it automatically continues to the bottom.
http://i.imgbox.com/abrEJ3eb.png
Now I want to move this to a PDF, can I do everything I do in Word in Adobe, and only make the form fields editable and nothing else?
We process hunderds of orders a day and I need all of these features, I would gladly appreciate it if someone could tell me yes/no and guide me if possible.
I gave it a shot today but could not figure it out.
Thanks in advance.

There is no built-in date picker for a form that you create in Acrobat. There's is one available for date fields that you create in LiveCycle Designer, which comes with the WIndows version of Acrobat Pro. Some people use a collection of form fields to implement a date picker in Acrobat, as is available with the free Form ROuter Toolset: http://www.formrouter.com/tools/index.html
For the address field, fields can only be rectangles. If you use two separate fields, one for each line, there's not a really seamless way to link the two. For fields like this, I just design the form so the first and subsequent lines are the same width.

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SimonSchneider wrote:
Thank you for the quick reply,
So there is no way of linking text boxes together?
Becouse i only have a small amount of text that has to be the same on certain pages.
So i cant put it inot master page and i dont really want to place an entire page,
I hope I understood the procedure correctly.
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