Hyperlink failure on last pages of PDF (exported from InDesignCS)

Per Bill@VT from the Acrobat Forum, I'm posting my Acrobat/InDesign question here as well. I thank you in advance for any possible assistance:
Hello. I have a 211-page catalog I've created in InDesign CS in which I have created hundreds of Hyperlinks (for Export to a PDF for CD distribution). I exported the file to Adobe PDF using general, automatic, medium compression settings (150 ppi) -- the CD's main purpose is for viewing. All the links work great on every page of the PDF except on the last two pages, 210 and 211 (there is nothing different on these pages than any other). The links on page 211 all jump to page 210; links on 210 go nowhere. Even the links set on the master pages don't work; the URL links on page 211 also go to page 210.
I wondered about it being a capacity issue in Acrobat 7. The InDesign file is 190MB; the exported PDF file is 42.3MB. If capacity is the issue, any suggestions that might help? In some cases, the names of the Hyperlinks throughout the document are long (parts of sentences); would that be causing a problem?
Has anyone ever encountered this issue?
Any assistance is most greatly appreciated.
Operating System: MS Windows 2000
InDesign CS
Acrobat 7 Pro
Here is Bill@VT's response:
Bill@VT - 5:31am Jun 5, 08 PST (#1 of 2)
I think the export feature in InDesign is a feature of that product and not Acrobat. Thus you will need to ask in that forum. There are folks here that may know because they also have InDesign. The long link names and potential problems suggests that you have an option in the export incorrectly selected and you are actually not using links. Acrobat will try to interpret things it sees as links as such (like WORD and other products) but may not get them right if they are strange links. In such a case you have 2 options: 1. Be sure you have the proper feature selected for exporting the links (so they are included) or 2. Fix the links so they satisfy proper URL formatting. For instance, spaces are not standard in links, even if MS products like to use them.

I think the export feature in InDesign is a feature of that product and not Acrobat. Thus you will need to ask in that forum. There are folks here that may know because they also have InDesign. The long link names and potential problems suggests that you have an option in the export incorrectly selected and you are actually not using links. Acrobat will try to interpret things it sees as links as such (like WORD and other products) but may not get them right if they are strange links. In such a case you have 2 options: 1. Be sure you have the proper feature selected for exporting the links (so they are included) or 2. Fix the links so they satisfy proper URL formatting. For instance, spaces are not standard in links, even if MS products like to use them.

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