Problem in PDF after creating from Indesign CS3 (transparancy)

Hi all,
Please give me a solution ASAP, its most urgent.
We have used two color in one image, the color color is pantone.
First we have selected the one pantone in image and in background another color. After creating PS using Prinergy and Distilling.
I am not getting the result, the PDF which I have creating, the image contain only the main color not the background color, if I use the the "Advance - "Output Privew I am getting the result in PDF, what would be the problem, I have used "High Resolution" in Transparancy, still I am not getting the result.
Please respond ASAP.
Shaji

Are you colours defined as spots.? If you do not need spot colours in your job, then change them to process in the swatches panel.
Otherwise you will need to configure the RIP honour the overprints.

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My name is Steve, I do a bit of freelance work from time to time but I'm also employed by a Christian Minstry in Brisbane.
Recently I have encountered (and not just me but my manager as well) that when creating a pdf from InDesign, Acrobat is launched for me to preview the document but it then says that it can't open the document because it is either a wrong file type or because the file might but corrupted. However if i go to the exported document and open it manually it opens fine without any glitches.
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