Applying backgrounds to PDF files

Using Mac OS X 10.5 and Adobe CS3 Design Premium.
Acrobat will not allow me to apply a background file or color to a pdf file that I created on the Mac. I'm using the Apple Numbers program and thought something might be wrong with the pdf creation, so I tried creating the pdf 1) through the Mac "Save as PDF" setting and then 2) selecting the Adobe PDF 8.0 printer setting and it still makes no difference.
Interestingly I took the pdf file from the Mac to Windows and I still cannot apply a background. This makes me think there's something wrong in creating Mac pdf files.
I've just converted to the Mac and this functionality had worked fine in the Windows world.
I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks.

The background image file is a pdf file and it works properly in the Windows environment, so I don't think that's the problem.
After some more testing, my guess is that it's a Apple iWork bug. Interestingly, when using Windows applications in Fusion (XP pro) on my Mac, I can print to the pdf printer, move the file to my Mac desktop, run Acrobat Pro for Mac and I can apply the background. However when I create any pdf files from Apple Numbers or Pages, I cannot apply backgrounds.
I appreciate the offer to test using my files, so I'll post them this weekend.

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