Pagination in CS3

I've encountered a problem that I just have to believe there's a solution to, but can't seem to find it.
I've built a 20-page tabloid-style publication.  I have the document setup in 20 individual facing pages, so it reads in the proper order for building.
My problem is that now that it's complete, is there no easy way to make InDesign take those 20 pages and match them up appropriately for printing?  Meaning, take page 1 and page 20, and make them facing pages so that one single spread for those two pages can be generated?
I've found outside plugins that will do this, but I've had some consistency problems with them in the past.  This seems like such a basic thing that I can't believe InDesign CS3 doesn't offer it.
Am I just wrong in believing this, or can someone explain how to achieve what I'm looking for here?
Thanks in advance.
-ZimCreative

Thanks for the reply Peter, this looks like exactly what I was looking for!
In regards to your question, unfortunately, I work with several small-town print shops who are woefully behind in nearly all they do.  This one in particular is a local newspaper who prints some commercial jobs.  I worked for them about 10 years back, and I'm fully aware that they are staffed simply by minimum-wage individuals who learned what little they know on-the-job, from other individuals who are no longer even employed there.
As a result, I know more than they do about what they are even trying to print, so the more ground I can cover on the front-end, the less likely they'll have any troubles on the back-end...saving me time overall.
It's a sad truth that most small print-shops simply don't know what they are doing.  At least in these parts.
Thanks again.

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