Hyperlink in PDF form

Hi all - I have some very simple web pages that I created in some word documents - I imported these docs into liveCycle to create PDF's.....works perfect except my hyperlinks don't work in the PDF.....any idea how I can get these to work?  Do I need to use scripting?  I've searched various help links/docs in adobe and SAP and haven't found anything which specifically addresses my problem.....thanks for any help you can provide!  If someone has info on, or a link that addressess this exact problem that would be great! 
Steve

Thanks everyone for your replies.....I actually ended up using the directions found here:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=333000&sliceId=2
I ended up using the HTTPSubmitButton from the Standard menu, and using scripting 'xfa.host.gotoURL'.
I have a few bugs to work out with it (hyperlink fails to open up a separate window), but other than that it is working pretty well.
Thanks again everyone for your replies!

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