Interactive pdfs... relative linking?

I'm revisiting this because I've found no training (not at Lynda.com) nor websites where this specific issue is addressed.
I essentially re-created a dvd presentation via InDesignCS3 and Acrobat Pro complete with audio clips, images and movie clips that play full-screen on the huge displays.
However, it isn't portable. Embedding all the movie clips doesn't work because then the pdf becomes about 1.1 gig and even a fast machine chugs so it needs to reference the quicktime files instead.
But, I can't get Acrobat to use relative links... it actually remembers the actual hard drive it was created on and so on instead of just say "/images" within a folder. So, it would be referencing this:
file:///work in progress/~Websites/BarryPresentation/images/avocadoFlash.jpg
instead of just: /images/avocadoFlash.jpg
No matter what I try, I can't get Acrobat to use relative links.
Any ideas?

This is an interesting post on the subject.
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?128@@.59b51e68
I have been able to get the links work, but it's taken jumping through a thousand hoops and I'm so lost, I can't even begin to tell you HOW. I just know that I've got to re-link every button (can't do it with a button - has to be a link to a destination) in my launch page.
Seems there's 38 ways to link to other pdfs -- all of which work on my 'puter. But there's only one way to do it successfully if you plan to transfer the docs via any medium.
This is ******* brilliant, Adobe.
I'll try to post details of the process after I can get it working for me and scrape the brain cells off the floor.

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