Tab order of radio buttons skipping back

I'm currently using Adobe Acrobat Pro XI (trial for now) to mess around with forms. I am having a problem right now with the tab order. I believe the culprits are a few pairs of radio buttons I have set up sequentially. Each pair is in it's own group with one being "Y" and the other "N". After setting the tab order such that I can easily navigate the form in the specified order, I have found that when I reach the bottom of the first page (the same page in which my radio buttons are found), with the last object that I "tab" through being a text field, I am redirected back up to the radio buttons instead of proceeding to the next tabulated object located on the next page. When I first tab through the radio buttons, the default value I land on is the "Y" value, and when I am unexpectedly redirected there again, the default value I land on is the "N" value of the first radio button. If I tab through everything to the bottom of the page, I am once again redirected back up to the radio buttons. If I mouse click on the next field on page 2 and tab through, everything works fine including being able to move onto page 3 in the expected order. So what gives? Why would I keep getting redirected back up to the radio buttons at the end of tabulating through page 1? I have the radio button groups in the correct tab order, but I'm not sure how to fix this issue with the radio buttons. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have tried looking online in multiple places for a solution, but haven't quite found one to this or anyone else who might have this same problem. If any further clarification is needed, please let me know. Thanks!

Make sure the thenames for all items including Checkboxes and radio buttons are unique on each page if go to adjust ment for tab order you can drag them to the correct order.
even though you may have placed them at a specific spot if you added then at a later place in the design (say as an after thought, hey I need to add this), their tab order is based on when they are added not the position the actual element is placed.
In other words if the check boxes /radio buttons are the fourth item down position wise in document by they were the twentith item added they will skipped over thad the other 19 in turn will be tabbed to the when 20th tab is hit they will bounce back up to the check boxes/ Radio buttons.
Be sure they are titled button1 button1a, button 2 button 2a and so on or lese the will be marked all at the same time and may bounce back to the first position they were in.

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Irish-Phoenix wrote:
> Hello;
> I am writting a multi-form section in a web site. I have
the form built up to
> the point where it sends the email. I have some issues I
am trying to figure
> out and need some help. First let me show how this is
set up, then the
> questions:
>
> The set up:
> Page 1 personal info
>
> <cfform action="PT2.cfm" method="post"
> enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
name="sponsorOrder" enablecab="no">
>
> all the form fields that need to be filled for contact
info here
>
> <input type="reset" name="Reset" value="Reset">
> <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Proceed to
Step 2">
> </cfform>
>
> PAGE 2:
>
> <cfform action="SENDMAIL.cfm" method="post"
> enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
name="sponsorOrder" enablecab="no">
> <input name="Fname" type="hidden"
value="<cfoutput>#form.Fname#</cfoutput>">
> 
> <input type="radio" name="sponsor" value="1">
> <input type="radio" name="sponsor" value="2">
> 
> <input type="reset" name="Reset" value="Reset">
> <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
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>
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> <cfset subject = "Sponsorship Order">
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>

> <cfmail to="[email protected]"
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> from="#form.email#"
> subject="Custom Order Request"
> server="mail.myserver.com"
> port=25
> type="HTML">
> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
color="##000000" size="2">
>
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>
Customer First Name: #form.Fname#<br>
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>
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>
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>
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> 
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>
> THANK YOU PAGE:
>
> Now on this page is where I get lost. I need to bring
the selection from the
> radio buttons over to here and serve up a button
according to the radio button
> selected back on page 2. Is this how I do that? The same
as I did in the
> sendmail?
>
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> they get this button and info
> </cfif>
> <cfif "form.sponsor" = "2">
> they get this button and info
> </cfif>
> 
>
> Those are my questions, as well as this.
> On page 2 I need to make it impossible to pass that page
without making a
> selection. How do I do that with radio buttons?
> Can anyone help me?
> Thank you.
>
> Phoenix
>
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issues with
having a button named submit in your form if you are
suibmitting the
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button is
selected but it requires a lot of extra code and changes to
your
forms/pages...
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http://www.sabai-dee.com

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