Interactive pdf not interacting.

When I export my InDesign file as an 'interactive PDF' many of the radio buttons or text fields are not displayed. Some tables display only some of the columns - top and bottom but miss the middle. Navigation buttons appear on most pages but not all. Formatting applied to a text box in InDesign isn't carried over to the pdf. Obviously somethings going wrong. I've tried opening the pdf on other machines with similar results. Anybody able to offer suggestions?

Can you supply a screen shot from one INDD page and the corresponding PDF page in sufficient size to recognize it.
Can you specify your terms, what you have used.
What does "text box" mean? Is it a text frame as InDesign design element or do you mean a text field as part of a PDF form?
What are navigation buttons here?
When navigation buttons appear not on all pages, where are they in InDesign? On the master? On all master?
Ho did you set up your radio buttons and text fields?

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