Safari PDF Hyperlinks

Just wanted to throw this ot to the community. As we know, Safari 5.1.2 did not allow hyperlinks to open in PDFs created
in Safari. In 5.1.2, the gloved hand would highlight a link but the link would be dead. With the 10.7.3 update, Safari was also
updated to 5.1.3. I was eagerly waiting for a Safari udate which would fix this flaw in Safari. The fix is actually present in the latest
WebKit nightly build. Safari functionality has actually diminished in 5.1.3 form 5.1.2. The gloved hand no longer hightlights a link as
in the 5.1.2 version. This feature is important to me as I am sure it is for others. Why is Apple dragging it's feat on this?

The link is setup properly. It's been checked by a lot of people. Most of them, including me, are very experience computer people who are used to trouble shooting. But, this is one problem we've not been unable to solve
It's for an educational writing project. The kids are editing a Word document and there are additional materials for them in the pdfs. The Word docs will be on lots of different computers in many schools and it would be difficult for the teachers and students to keep track of all the files. Plus, each word file would have to be customized for each computer so that a local link could find the files.

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