Show InDesign spreads in Bridge

We recently upgraded to CS5. In CS3, Bridge showed the start spread for InDesign documents as previews, but in CS5 only the first page of a document shows up. We much prefer to see both pages, is there any way to get Bridge to show the full start spread again?

Hi Ramon,
I figured out the problem. I wanted to see two pages side by side so I had a blank page one. That's the one Bridge was showing and it was, of course, white.
Silly me.
Thanks for your reply.
c.

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