Hyperlink to pdf

Hello,

I have seen two articles about hyperlinking to a file type:

http://www.articulate.com/support/presenter09/kb/?p=1586

and

http://www.articulate.com/support/presenter09/kb/?p=907

Are these two ways to accomplish the same thing?

I have used the data/downloads/file.pdf method but as stated in other posts, the forward slashes reverse and then the links don't work. I publish on my local system (to CD so that I can check the links), then I send the Articulate package to my client and she publishes to SharePoint.  Will the links work after she publishes to SharePoint?

Thank you!