Maintaining Links in a PDF to Word Conversion

Is it possible to convert a PDF to Word using Acroabt X Pro so that all of the links in the PDF will work in the Word file?  The PDF was created from FrameMaker 9 files and contains many internal cross references. When I perform the conversion, the layout of the Word file looks great, but none of the links work.

Not possible.

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