Multiple Signature Fields - Auto tab to next signature?

I'm working with documents that have more than one signature field. Is there a script I can use that will tell the document to automatically go to the next signature field and start signing after the first field is signed? I am fairly new to scripts in adobe. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

It's for an agreement for one or two sellers to agree to sell an item. It requires their initials in 10 places and signature in about 4 or 5 . I'm using a Topaz digital signature pad for the signatures to be placed on there as digital signatures. Instead of manually clicking on each signature, i'd like to start a 'batch' signature process, so Seller 1 can sit down and sign and initial as needed and it automatically takes them to each one, and then seller 2 can do the same.
Yes, I realize that in essence what I'm really looking for are electronic signatures, not digital signatures, but the only method I've seen for this would be a custom stamp, and I don't know of a way to create one on the fly with their signature and place it where it needs to be on the document in a speedy manner. The process described in paragraph 1 seems to me to be the easiest and fastest way to get the sellers signatures onto the PDF. I would probably also script in some pop up dialog boxes for each signature, i.e., "Seller 1 Please Initial". and a submit button so the signed document can be emailed to the main office. However I can figure that out on my own, it's figuring out how to make it automatically pop up the next signature field after finish one that I'm not sure how to get done.
Message was edited by: rduemmling - fixed typo.

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