Adobe Sign Problem with field recognition

Hi,

I am having problems with the automatic field recognition in Adobe Sign. I have a word file (contract) with several fields (name, signature, role) and table for the participant 1 to enter several values (4 columns, 7 lines in total). however when i upload the doc to adobe sign it doesn't recognize most of my fields as input fields. is there a way to ensure that adobe sign recognizes all of them? Can I maybe set up fields in word with predefined properties so that they are recognized as fields?? any input would be appreciated.

I am sure there must be a way to avoid that the user will have to add all fields manually on these repetitive customer contracts.

Thanks!
oliver