Hyperlinks from Excel to PDF

Hi,
I'm using Excel 2003 Pro. In a spreadsheet, I have a list that is distributed to a domain on a weekly basis as a PDF file. The Spreadsheet contains Hyperlinks linking to URL's. I'm using Acrobat 7.0 Standard. When I create the PDF-file from my Excel-sheet all the links disappear...?
Is there a way to keep the links from my Excel-sheet in a PDF-file...?
Thanks in advance
Michael
PS: Using link tool and edit links directly in PDF is not an option!!

well, the truth is, it doesnt work in ANY cases!!!
I mean, you can try it out as I did: open a new excel file, write click on it! in the first cell and make a hyperlink to a document or whatsoever.
It works perfectly in Excel but after the conversion, all i got was "click on it!" without any hyperlink!!!
:S

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