Find Text not finding text in PDF

I am using Acrobat 8 on Mac OS 10.5.8. and creating PDFs from InDesign by exporting (using our own custom settings, but fonts are embedded, etc).
In the resultant PDF, when I search for a particular term, that I know is in the document, it either:
a) won't highlight it at all
b) highlights a completely different word
c) highlights the word AND a completely different word
Any ideas what is going on or how to fix?
Thanks

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