Exporting to .pdf from InDesign CS5

Probably a real simple question to answer, but I'm stumped.  I'm trying to export a 6 page newsletter to a .pdf format from InDesign CS5; it comes out as a 4 page document with the following orientation:  The first page is fine (vertical on letter size), the 2nd & 3rd pages show up side by side (horz./letter) as does pages 4 & 5.  The 6th page again is fine (vertical/letter).  I never had this issue with CS4...  Any suggestions?  Thanks in advance,   Wharton

Hi Tom,
I looked up the Spreads option in InDesign help to see what you were referring to...   I see most of the options described, but the Spreads option doesn't appear to available in the "Export to Interactive PDF" pop-up box.
The options I've chosen are:  Pages-All; View after Exporting; Embed Page Thumbnails; View-Default; Layout/Single Page; Presentation-Open in full screen Mode; Page transitions-None; Buttons and Media-Include all...  I don't believe that the Image Handling section would be the issue, but I chose, JPEG (Lossy), Maximum quality and a resolution of 300.
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