Interactive PDFs from InDesign 5.5 - hyperlinks not working at all!

I'm creating hyperlinks the way I always did in CS4 (type tool - hyperlinks panel etc) but when I export to PDF either through the new interactive PDF option OR the old print option switching on the interactive check box none of my hyperlinks work in Acrobat. I've checked the Adobe help menus and I don't seem to be doing anything wrong. Does anybody have any ideas? I've got 12 catalogues I need to make into interactive PDFs this afternoon and it's just too slow adding the interactivity in Acrobat (not to mention that if I have to edit any content I'll have to re-do all the interactivity each time). HELP.

I have found a way around this of sorts. Rather than right-clicking to bring up the hyperlinks menu I have to use the hyperlinks panel and specifically use the shortcut at the bottom of the panel. The dialogue box that pops up is slightly different to the one I get when going the long way round. I'm still kind of baffled, but it does seem to work...

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