InDesign CS4 unable to use Mac OS X PDF services

I'm trying to print a booklet PDF from InDesign CS4 (6.0.4) running Mac OS X 10.6.1. The PDF Services menu is unusable.
The problem seems to not lie with the Adobe provided Automator action. The action successfully executes in all other apps.
Rather, the problem seems to lie with a more general inability to properly access PDF services from within InDesign.  When trying to 'Save as PDF' from the PDF Services dropdown (in the 'Printer…' dialog within the standard 'Print' dialog), a Save dialog is opened, but upon saving, no PDF is created. When 'Save as Adobe PDF' is selected, the 'Printer…' dialog closes without indication of any errors.
Again, I'm able to save both PDF's and Adobe PDF's in all other apps. I really need this functionality for booklets.

Thanks for the response.  I'm not using the 'Export' function because I need to create a booklet, and 'Export' won't create the proper spreads.
I'm not sure this is a matter of Acrobat functionality per se.  After all, the problem here seems to be with the hand-off between InDesign and the PDF Services native to the OS.

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