Help packaging a PDF with links

Hey everyone, I'm sorry if this has been asked and answered already but I couldn't find it using the search. I have a PDF file that I have embedded a bunch of links to other local files in. Both the PDF and the files that are linked to are in one common folder. I would like to merge them all into one package but maintain the link integrity. So, I would have a single file but when I click on the sentence, it would take me to the linked file within that package. If thats not possible, is there a way to print the PDF but also show the links within the PDF? Kind of like the "reveal codes" type feature where you can see that think sentence links to that file, etc. Thanks for your help!
Brian

When you combine PDFs into a Package (Acrobat 8) or a Portfolio (Acrobat 9 & X) links present between two PDFs that are combined into the Package / Portfolio are broken. The PDFs combined into a Package/Portfolio become attachments to the new PDF created (the Package/Portfolio).
The links between PDFs are between descrete stand alone PDF files not between files that are attachments in the new PDF.
Once PDFs are combined into the new Package/Portfolio PDF you can use the Link Tool to create links.
The PDF annotation that is a "link" does not have a "reveal codes" functionality.
Keep in mind that PDF is very much a different thing from word processing or layout file formats.
(Ref: ISO 32000-1)
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