Retain the hyperlinks of pdf in indesign

Hi
When i import the PDf which has hyperlinks, into Indesign all the hyperlinks are lost. Can we have any way to retain the hyperlinks of pdf in indesign.
Help me!
Thanks
Selva

No. Because InDesign and any other program that places PDF files can only read the layer of the page description, not the interactivity layer which contains the hyperlinks. Sorry.

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