Deep linking in pdf and I.E. 8

I've read all the instructions on how to create links within a pdf document for a webpage, and it works in Firefox. However, it's not working in I.E. 8. Does anybody know why it wouldn't work in I.E. 8? I've used both filename.pdf#nameddest=name and filename.pdf#page=2. Both work fine in Firefox, but not in I.E. 8. I'm using Acrobat 9 Pro to create the destinations in the pdf. This is a pdf for a company intranet and the company browser is I.E. 8.
Any help will be appreciated.

I have made the settings every thig seems to work from my computer, just have to wait and see how users like it.
Part 2 of my original question.
Whilst the clients wanted to save the filled in pdf, others also asked if the pdf could be sabed as a Word doc (they have their reasons)
(See attached image) thats if I can figure out how to get it to this forum. But if for some reason you are unable to see it.
When in Reader v9 I select the filled in form and then select "SaveAS" from the "Save as type" a list of 19 options appear in the combo box. I selected the Microsoft Word Document (*doc) The file was saved to my documents folder, but when I went to open it in Word,
Word opened and the document was BLANK ??? is this a bug or did I do something wrong ?
can you save a pdf from Reader as a word doc ?
Thanks
O00ps I made a goof
I wrote my message and then inserted the image. The image took presidence over the text ? So excuse me if the message comes out twice.
I did the selections in the Advanced menu and was able to read the pdf in Reader v9 I saved it ok as a pdf file then I did a SaveAS in a the combo dropdown selection I picked the option to save as a word document, It saved the word doc but when I opned the word file there was nothing in there BLANK is this a bug or just me ?
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