Buttons in Adobe Acrobat XI - can't assign menu actions

I need to add actions to buttons on a pdf. I have Acrobat Professional XI (on Windows XP - although we are migrating to Win7/8 shortly). I used to be able to add actions by using Button Properties and then 'execute a menu item' - but when I click 'add' I can't see any menu items to add (they are not available in the box). I used to be able to do this with the previous version of Adobe Acrobat. Is it still possible via another route perhaps?

It should still be possible... What exact version of Acrobat do you have?
Another route is to use a script, but it should be possible to do it directly using the "Execute a menu item" command.

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