Linking within a PDF file in preview

Maybe I am just missing something here. I cannot find anywhere in the preview application in Mountain Lion a way to link to other parts of the PDF file. This was one of the most useful features to me within preview. There was a plain as day button under annontations on Lion's preview but it is gone from mountain lion...I wouldn't believe that apple would have dropped this feature, especially since the preview help still tells you how to do it but there just is no button to actually do it? Is it gone? Thanks...

Hello,
What happens if you change your default browser and then try "preview in browser"? Or you can use the preview URL in another browser and see how that goes.
Cheers
Parikshit

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