Link Tool & Attachments in PDF

I've assembled a 240-page pdf file that opens with the initial view showing the navigation panel for bookmarks and the page as fit to view.
I have also attached an Excel spreadsheet to this 240-page pdf file, and it can easily be seen when a user goes View -> Navigation Panels -> Attachments.
My question: using the Link Tool, can I link from text in the pdf to the Excel file that is attached?
Thanks!

Try67's correct - "Go to Page View" links will only work if the destination is a PDF file (though you could of course convert your spreadsheet into a PDF, attach that, and link however you wish - even if you keep the Excel file there as well for people to open manually).
It's partly a technical issue (links in PDF files can't understand where in a non-PDF file you want them to take the user, as the host application for that file type will have it's own way of defining positions) and partly a security feature - links can be automated, and we don't really want PDFs auto-launching non-PDF attachments.

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