PDF Forms - continuous text

I am trying to set up a PDF form for a client using Acrobat Professional since I don't have LiveCycle (I am on a Mac and don't do a lot of web based projects).
See attached file for example of what I am trying to do: The fields at the top are all individual and the user can tab through them, but I need to set up a set of text boxes in the comments section on each one of the lines shown (client wants the lines for hand completing purposes instead of computer use), but as you get to the end of one line, I need it to immediately go to the next line/box below without having to tab. I know you can set this up in LiveCyle but I don't have access to this. Is there a way to make this happen in Acrobat Professional?

Hi Torben
I found your script very helpful for a similar problem to an original post you replied to. Thank you so much. In my example I've used it because I had an indented first line.
Have you ever used this script in a way which would allow deleting of type back through the fields? I've been finding that once a mistake is found in the typing, the whole block of text must be started again, as well as there being no possibilities of selecting all of the typed text in those linked fields to copy and paste elsewhere (eg into an email or Word).
I know this post is a little old, but if you're available to reply if you've done this before or seen it done, I'd be very grateful.
Thank you
Lisa

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