Image missing in exported pdf

Please help! I've just installed the Adobe Creative Suite Design Premium on my Mac Pro, running OSX 10.6.4. When exporting from InDesign, the background image disappears. It shows up when I open the document in Acrobat 9 here, but the client is not receiving it. Help, please and thank you.
sharon

What application and version of that application is having the issue?
I guessing that they are not opening it in either Acrobat nor Adobe Reader but possibly a third party application (like Mac Preview)?
(I believe the "choose file" preview in OS X uses Mac Preview, hence the issue)

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This document explains how to increase the image resolution when exporting:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/30407084-c51d-2b10-1f81-813488350e6f
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Method 2
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Thanks Bob. I posted a short while ago, but have edited that post.
With further playing around I was able to get your suggestion working (exporting to SWF, then placing, then exporting as Interactive PDF). Why would I be disappointed if I tried that method with an entire document? My document will probably contain about 200 pages, and maybe 20 of them would have "tabbed" images. What problems would I come across, other than the extra time involved in separately generating 20 pages of "tabbed" images.
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When the SWF file is imported back into InDesign, and exported as a Interactive PDF, the text ends up rasterised…
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