InDesign CS6 keeps crashing when trying to export to PDF

I never had an issue with this before, but now my InDesign is crashing every time I try to export to a PDF. The document is 22 pages long. I updated an older version that I had no problem with exporting to a PDF. Now I can't even take the older InDesign doc and make into a PDF. It just keeps quitting every time I try to export it. What could have triggered this issue and how can I fix it?
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see Adobe Community: File Crashing on Output - printing/PDF/other

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Dell Microsoft XP service pack 2
Mac Intel Duo, Tiger
CS3 Fully Updated as of 3/17/08
CS2 Fully Updated as of 3/20/08
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We found that the issue is a bug in the program, and this was the response i Got from an Adobe guy:
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