Tabbing through a PDF

Hello,
I have a PDF fillable form completed with many fields. Right now when I tab between fields it doesn't move from one field to the field right next to it. Instead, it jumps from one field to another a few rows down and then sort of all over the place. How do I set it so that it tabs from one field to the one next to it?
Thank you.

The tabbing order also seems to have something to do with how the fields are positioned on the page and how sub forms are used. Most of the time I don't have to set the tab order manually as long as I build the form right. I tend to rely on the use of sub forms. I have found that for instance in a row of field that run horizontally on the page with a some check boxes and/or radio buttons interspersed in that row that if those checkboxes or radio buttons are positioned below the text fields that when tabbing those fields are skipped till the end of the row and then I come back to them. I only experienced that when I first started working with Designer.

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