Preview vs. Quark-generated PDFs (hyperlinks)

MacOSX 10.4.11, Quark 7.31
Any PDF created using Quark's "Export > Layout as PDF" opens in Preview.app, but hyperlinks are scrambled. A few work properly, most go to random destinations, and the rest don't work at all. The same PDF opened in Acrobat Reader works as expected. This is the only instance I'm aware of where Acrobat Reader works better than Preview.
Any thoughts? I'm not sure whether this is a Preview problem, a Quark problem, or some clash between the two.

I'm not sure I even understand the problem.
Is there any difference between image free Pages documents and documents with images?
Or is the difference only between pages within a document, where some pages have images and some not?
You write "Pages that do not have images render nice and clean". But you also write that you try to fix the problem by inserting white images. That would make them bad, wouldn't it?
Anyhow, if a page becomes better by adding a white image to it, could you then not simply create a template with a white image in it? Highlight the image and select Format > Advanced > Move object to Section Master.
It is a work around, but it may work.
If, on the other hand, I misunderstood that, and the images themselves cause the problem, is there anything particular with your images? Shadows? Reflections?
If you have any friend with Pages and he does not have the problem, you could check if his/her documents are fine on your Mac and vice versa.
If you live in the US or another place with good Mac support, you could even go to the nearest AppleStore and ask them to try it out on one of their demo macs, and see if they have the same problem.

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