Links not converting from word 2003 to pdf

I am using Word 2003. A fellow worker made a few changes to the document, which including inserting information into the word text and changing heading etc. Now when I attempt to convert to PDF not all the links works. The links created to return the reader of the document back to the index (which are set up on all pages) are not working. I had a similar problem before but I dont recall what/how fixed it.

How are you creating the PDF (a lot of info missing here)? You need to use PDF Maker to get the links.

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Hello guys,
my english is not the best but i will try my best :-)
My enviroment:
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 with XenApp 6, Office 2003 SP3 and Adobe Acrobat 9.
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I installed Adobe Acrobat 9 without Adobe Tabs / PlugIns for Office.
One user write a document in Word 2003 with many bookmarks. He try to convert the document into a PDF. But after converting the bookmarks are not included in the PDF.
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