Crearting a link from a PDF form

To demonstrate the format of a PDF form created in FormsCentral, I have created a link from a PowerPoint slide to the PDF form. I want to be able to create a link back to the slide from, the form to resume the presentation. Links in Acrobat XI do not work on the form and neither does the link at FormsCentral - can anyobne help?

Hi,
Please refer to the following document for instructions on editing a FormsCentral PDF in Acrobat.
http://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-3661
For help linking the two documents, please post to the Acrobat user forum - http://forums.adobe.com/community/acrobat
Regards,
Brian

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