Exporting an Indesign PDF to JPEG causes logo dropshadow to have white box--why?

Hi all,
I have an Indesign document with a logo in the header. This logo (a linked .png file) has a dropshadow applied to it using Indesign's drop shadow fx (the drop shadow was not created with the graphic in a graphics program). When I export this document to a PDF, everything appears fine. However, when I then convert this PDF to a .JPEG, something happens to the logo--a white box is shown around the logo. I am guessing it's a transparency issue that is causing this white box. If so, why? Why do I get this "white box" around the logo when I export a PDF to a jpeg?
Thanks for any clues anyone can provide to this strange phenomenon.

Hmm.
From the first post, I was thinking the work-flow was:
Export from ID to PDF
Open PDF following its creation
Using Acrobat's file menu, export as JPG
As fars as #2 above, if the checkbox in ID's Export as PDF dialog box is checked, the PDF is opened automatically in Acrobat (if installed). Is this what you mean by "it launches its internal Acrobat dialogue box"?
As far as an internal setting, try exporting directly from ID. Select the items to be exported and when you get to the export dialog, make sure the "Selection" setting is chosen. Then you may be able to isolate whether it is ID (cannot imagine) or it is the PDF export profile, or even one of Acrobat's settings for exporting images.
Take care, Mike

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