Broken links with PDF Portfolio

When I've created links within Adobe Acrobat to another document that's already within the Adobe Portfolio sometimes the links don't properly source to the correct page number. Instead, the link will source to the correct document but then filter to the first page rather than the page number that I set the link up with. Also, sometimes the link will break and will instead source to the home page rather than the requested document. Has anyone come across this issue or developed any workarounds?

When creating the links (using the Link tool), you need open rather than just preview the destination file.

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Problem with links.
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The Portfolio updating from MSWord is a procedure which I have repeated many times in the past without any problem.
I cannot move forward, all attempts to solve the problem have failed.
S Counsell
31 January 2010

I am sorry, but to get your issue more exposure, I would suggest posting it in the commercial forums, since this is a commercial product. You can click here for the link.
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Okay,
Say I have a series of folders and I have linked art and the files they are linked to all mixed up in these folders. My file structure is as such;
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