Links break on complex imported AI documents in new AI document

I'm creating a series of mapsheets for various projects in Illustrator. Rather than recreating a base map for each mapsheet, I've created tiles with various features such as shoreline, rivers, lakes, contours and even hillshade rendering that can be co-joined in a second document. This allows me to create a larger scale or smaller scale map and still keep the overlaying places names and geographic features to the same scale. In some cases as many as 8-10 tiles might be necessary for a single document, but in most cases it is 1-4 tiles. My issue: starting with CS4 the links for the tiles would break on import. So in the links panel I would get a blank square with no name associated. In addition, the quality of the tile when imported in the document is imperfect. The scale of features is off and elements are missing. I upgraded to CC and this problem persists. The only solution is to save the AI tile as a TIFF in Photoshop and import it as art, but this removes the ability to upgrade the tile, as the background mapsheets are constantly being improved and corrected. If imported as an AI mapsheet, the amended tile can flow automatically through all documents when opened. If a TIFF file, the TIFF has to constantly be changed to reflect the improved tile. So basically the whole project is only hold pending resolving this issue. Thanks for any help.

Thanks the screnshot was very helpful. Looks like you are placing .ai files. Open those original .ai files you are linking to and use these settings.
For most jobs I prefer to turn off PDf compatible and include linked images. You may prefer to work that way while in the design/editing phase, as you files will be much smaller and quicker.
Also try using .psd instead of .tif. The .psd format goes through more testing since Adobe owns and is responsible for that and the inherit nonlossy compression makes your files smaller. Tif also has LZW which is nonlossy, but you risk more of a chance to experience problems.

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You mention making a "package" - is this an Acrobat 8 "Package"?
If so, you would be creating an entirely new PDF that contains the selected files as attachments within the new PDF.
Having changed the "environment" any external links that any of the attached files (within the "Package" PDF) have still have the explicit link syntax to a target external to the contents of the "Package" PDF.
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As to "Bookmarks" in MS Word - If within a Word file they will carry over into the output PDF.
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Okay, so really what you are doing is identical to clicking File > Import > Word Document, because all you are doing by choosing PDF is pre-selecting PDF as the listed file types. Once you change it to point to Word documents it's no different.
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