Create SWF in InDesign CS6

I work since recently with ID CS6, and I was able to create a SWF (with curl page) also with CS6 version. But why I don’t understand since today my new SWF files have no motion anymore (I mean page forwarding with swf curl). Is there a way to reset InDesign to orriginal setting?

Stupid me,
I forgot to activate “Inclusive interactive page scroll” on the export to SWF
Sorry this issue can be closed
Aimé

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