Page order for booklet in pdf

Hi! I have to make a booklet. I created it with facing pages in A5 format. If I would print it directly from InDesign by choosing "Print Booklet" everything seems ok - it put all pages in order to later stick everything together in the right way on A4.
My problem is that the computer from what I want to print the booklet, doesn't have InDesign so I have to exsport it in some other format. I tried to export it as .pdf so I could open it with Adobe Acrobat. But then pages are near - on one sheet near are, for example, 6 and 7 on A4, and the very first page is seperately on A5. So I can't put everything in order as real booklet when it will be printed.
How it is possible to export like it would be set for printing as "Print Booklet" order?

The easiest way is to print to PDF from Print Booklet, but for that to work you must have a full version of Acrobat (so that the Adobe PDF virtual printer was installed) and NOT be using Snow Leopard because the PDF printer no longer functions in that OS.
If you are on Snow Leopard, you must either print to Postscript file and distill (still requires Acrobat) or use a script to impose the pages, then export the spreads to PDF. This has been covered a couple of times here on the forum, so you shouldn't have too much trouble finding more details by doing a forum search if you need them. Use the localized search widget on the discussions page:
Look for terms like impose or booklet and script.

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May I have your thoughts?
Many thanks

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