Links in PDFs don't work on mobile device

A text linked to a page in the same document works fine when clicked on in the PC. But when tapped on in an Android device, the link does not work. Any ideas why this is so, and a workaround?
Thanks!

If you use the MS add on for saving to PDF you might get the links. I use a PC, but as I understand it the PDF Maker that adds the links does not work on the MAC and never has. One MAC user (Phillip Jones) typically drops by and provides some insight into methods for getting the links, but I don't remember the solution (probably because I did not totally understand the solution as a PC user).

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