Adobe reader: printing booklet, double-sided alignment issue

I am printing a booklet (designed in indesign). I have tried printing from Indesign, but there isn't an option to print on both sides.
So I made it into a pdf and tried from Adobe Reader (using booklet printing). Now I have the option to print on both sides, but when they come out, the alignment is wrong (the pages don't line up to the one printed on the opposite side.
I would appreciate any ideas!

I used a Word document that was 3 pages long and printed it from MS Word 2010 and it printed incorrectly (page 1 on sheet 1 side 1, page 2 on sheet 2 side 1, page 3 on sheet 2 side 2). Then I saved it in PDF and printed from Adobe Reader and it printed correctly. But I noticed that Word printed it in reverse order whereas Adobe printed in normal order starting from Page 1. So I looked in Options/Advanced/Printing in Word 2010 and there was a box for Print pages in reverse Order that was ticked. So I un-ticked this Print pages in reverse order and re-printed from Word and lo and behold it printed it correctly! It looks to me as if Word has a 'bug' (sorry MS undesired feature) that when printing in reverse order sometimes gets the pages incorrect. It is useful when printing long documents to print them in reverse order as they are in the correct order with page 1 on top. But eh oh I will leave this off and see whether the problem disappears. But many thanks for your interaction and getting me to investigate. 'Praise the Lord' for forums.

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There is no duplex option in the print dialog. From what I've read online the document prints as simplex or duplex depending on what the document properties are and they can't be set in the print dialog.
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                                                                                From:       Lindsay_MP <[email protected]>
To:         Darlene Stoops <[email protected]>
Date:       05/17/2011 11:40 AM
Subject:    Adobe Reader Printing Problem
Do you have Acrobat Pro 9? I can't find how to Print to PDF under File.....

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