Acrobat adding %20 to pdf links in iOS

Hi
I have created a pdf with hyperlink URLs which works fine.
However when it is opened in iOS devices Acrobat adds a %20 to the end of the URL which returns a page not found error.
If I upload the source Word documents the links are fine.
iOS will open links in other pdfs ok, but Im not sure what program created them.
Has anyone else encountered this issue?
Thanks for any help,
Harley

Hi Guys.
Thanks for your reply.
This is what has happened.
I created a pdf in Windows 7/64 using Acrobat 9 from a word document as source.
I opened the pdf in Safari on an iOS device
When I click the links in Safari on iOS device, the link is appended with %20 at the end and returns an invalid URL. I agree with Bill it is adding a space as %20 is the ascii code for a space.
However, the space is not in the original link on the Word document or in the source text or in the hyperlink itself and the word document links work perfectly.
Other pdfs links seem to work ok in Safari, so Acrobat must be doing something to the link to make Safari add the space / %20.
Any suggestions would be very gratefully appreciated.
Kind regards
Harley
These are the URLs for the pdf and word document.
http://www.life-coach-tools.com/files/TheLifeWheelAppleTest.pdf
www.life-coach-tools.com/files/TheLifeWheelAppleTest.doc

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