Flatten Page JavaScript Debugger problem

I found a common solution online about flattening comments into a PDF:
1) Press CTRL+J to open Debugger window
2) Delete anything out of the console window
3) Type this.flattenPage()
4) Leave the cursor in the line and press CTRL+ENTER
I tried this on two computers, each running Windows XP Pro SP3 with Acrobat Professional 9.1.1 It worked on one but not the other. The one that did not work gave this error message:
this.flatten is not a function
1:Console:Exec
undefined
Any ideas why it would work on one and not the other?

this.flatten is not a function
1:Console:Exec
undefined
The name of the function is flattenPages. Did you type a space after flatten?

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