CS2 pdf export file naming

When exporting to pdf, the pdf is not given the indesign file name but uses the previously saved name which then has to be manually altered. Can not find in preferences where to change this. Any suggestions?

Every person is entitled to an opinion. Everyone else is entitled to agree or disagree.
In my real world workflow, the ideal would be that the PDF file defaults to the current name of the file... not a name that could have been a one time export, or could have been an export of an older version last month, or last year.
Instead of honoring the current filename, it 'remembers' the first name that the export is changed to if the file is saved after the export. The waste of time comes in when I have to then 'fix' the file for future revisions, or retype the name of the file.
Again, I don't agree with calling it a waste of time to have InDesign behave the way the user desires.
If you want it to call a file by the last export name... great, it happens to work that way if you save after exporting.
If you happen to want it to use the filename as the export name, well, then you have to either not save after any export, or waste your time fixing what is broken (my opinion).
Perhaps an option or preference is warranted?
"use indesign filename when exporting"
"use last export name when exporting"
-mt

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When you record the save for web step use the original file name
(you noted you did that in post 1)
Is the name you used the same as the file
you opened when recording the save for web step?
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The destination is the folder you specified during the save for web step while recording the action.
MTSTUNER
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