Open link from PDF into IE

I am having a tough time with PDF files opened in IE. What I need to do is link to a Word document (.doc) file from a PDF document in IE without IE navigating away from the PDF once the link has been clicked. I am finding that the default behavior of IE is to close the PDF file when you navigate away from it, Firefox will just open the link in a new tab and keep the document open in a separate tab. I need to find a fix that emulates the firefox behavior that doesn't involve changing the IE settings on the local machine.

To give another example of the functionality I am looking for here is the HTML equivalent:

<a href="some_pdf.pdf" target="_blank">Some PDF</a>

I need that "_blank" functionality in the PDF document.

In short, you should disable IE reusing the window session. The steps are as follows:

1. Open Internet Explorer
2. Click on the Tools button, located in the upper right hand corner of your browser window.
3. When the drop-down menu appears, select Internet Options
4. After the Options window opens, switch to the Advanced tab
5. Find and make sure the option Reuse windows for launching shortcuts is unchecked (it should be under the Browsing category)
6. Save and close Internet Options, and restart the browser.