Hidden file in a portfolio

I've been given a Portfolio and am trying to figure out how they made it. The initial file that's displayed is called "Cover Sheet" but does not appear to be a filename since there is no extension associated with it. Cover sheet is several pages long... it is not a Welcome page. When I edit the Portfolio and look at Welcome page, it shows there is no Welcome page. The cover sheet document looks like it was created in Word, it's a memo. Every month, this Portfolio is created with different files and it has a different cover sheet.
In any template that displays a list of the files, there are 8 files in the list and none of them are the cover sheet. I've looked at every page of every document. When I click on one of the documents, it takes me away from the cover sheet and I cannot get back to it unless I conduct a search. Searching does find Cover Sheet entries and I can jump to it that way. Otherwise, I cannot get it to once I've move away from it.
How was this Portfolio created?

How else might this be done by an end user who knows only the fundamentals of Acrobat?
Portfolios can be created with Acrobat 9 (Standard, Pro, Pro Extended).
An assortment of Portfolio templates come out of the box and there are configuration options available from within each template.
Using Acrobat 9 Pro or Pro Extended a user can
"Personalize a PDF Portfolio with customizable templates for navigation and branding."
This is where Joel Geraci's articles come into play.
For learning to use Portfolios visit the AUC Learning Center's PDF Portfolios section.
http://www.acrobatusers.com/topics/pdf-portfolios
Be well...

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