InDesign CS4- esport interactive to PDF not working

HI friends
After going thru the tutorials on this I created a test doc in ID to export. I added buttons, transition effects and hyperlink. none of it showed up in the PDF (and yes, I selected the interactive button upon export). The swf file only worked on my machine and not anyone else's in the office. we are all on current macs. any ideas? Not sure what I did wrong here.
thanks

Does this help?
http://indesignsecrets.com/pdf-export-problems-toggle-tagged-pdf-on-and-off.php
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