PDF output InDesign CS6

When I try to export a document in IDCS6 to one of the Adobe PDF presets, I can't specify specific pages of the document there is a button that allows you to select "pages" but no box where you can type in the specific pages...this does not happen in CS5.5 or CS5 versions...the panel is different...I often export specific pages of a document to be sent out for review and can't do it in CS6 version of InDesign

This was at first difficult to figure out for me too. I too used to create full PDF and then extract pages!
I was surprised (after discovering that I could type in it) that Adobe had such a UI.
Another learning was that pages needed to be specified as actual page numbers of the book (in case the file was part of book) not the page sequence in the file. But that is Ok.
It is discoverbility that "you can type in here" which I think Adobe should improve. (Maybe they have in CC I don't know, I am still happy with CS6)

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Salut,
j'ai un souci avec indesign CS6. il m'arrive de récupérer de vieux pdf d'Xpress (bouhhhhh) et de devoir les importer dans indesign.
jusque la tout va bien.
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Je n'arrive pas à trouver de référence à ce souci dans le forum dédié, je vous propose dans un premier temps de formuler votre message sur https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

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Gone now. Appeared on updates. I was able to update two systems. Third system, it was if the update didn't exist at all. Update not available on Adobe's general software update website.
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