Delay whilst using/dragging link tool

Hello, this is very annoying, I have an interactive .PDF document with small areas set aside for links to be inserted, when I select the link tool and click and drag (as per the help file "creating links using link tool") the link is created from the end drag point not where I started the drag, this is a...drag! And is very time consuming to then either re-do the link or I have to re-scale it and/or move it. I'm using Acrobat 3d version 8.
Is there something I'm missing or doing wrong? It is happening on my work colleges PC too (Acrobat 8 pro.)

Hi Eric,
You should probably ask this question on the regular User-to-User forum, as this forum is specifically for 3D issues. I have Acrobat 9 Pro Extended installed, but I can tell you that when I use the link tool, if I drag down and to the right, the upper left-hand corner of the resulting box is my start point, which is what I expect. If I drag down and to the left, the lower right-hand corner is where I started, as expected.

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