Backwards compatability CS5,CS4 and CS3

I have a client using CS3. He cannot open the files that we send him because of missing plug-ins, namely WORLDREADY.RPLN, DYNAMICDOCUMENTS.RPLN and CONDITIONALTEXT.RPLN.
My understanding is that these were plug-in that were added in CS4 and cannot be removed. Does this make my CS4 and CS5 files incompatable with older versions of InDesign? Are there any workarounds other than his upgrading his copy of InDesign or my saving files as INX format?

Saving as INX is the workaround.
You have to do this from CS4 (CS5 doesn't output INX), so if the original file was in CS5, you have to step down twice. Needless to say -- ye gods, I'm still going to say it! -- all new features of both CS4 and CS5 will be discarded from the file. To top it off, the text justification algorithm changed from CS3 to CS4, so even if your poor client can finally open the file, the chance he's going to see exactly what you last saw in InDesign is pretty slim.
Given this, you have two relatively harmless options left: buy an original CS3 to work for this client only, or have him upgrade.

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You'll need to export to IDML to open in CS4. If you need them in CS3 you'll need to open the IDML in CS4 and export to INX. You can open the INX in CS3.
WARNING: New features will be lost or badly mangled and due to changes in the text engine text will reflow throughout your document.
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Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000
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Thread 0 Crashed:
0 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x971dc133 CFStringGetCString + 307
1 AdobeAGM 0x0156c7fe AGMInitialize + 1378702
2 AdobeAGM 0x0156d57b AGMInitialize + 1382155
3 AdobeAGM 0x0142da38 AGMInitialize + 72648
4 com.adobe.illustrator 0x00a12d91 AWS_CUI_GetVersionComments(OpaqueWindowPtr*, adobe::q::QDocument&, adobe::q::QString&, adobe::q::QAttributeList&, adobe::q::QDocument*, adobe::q::QProject*, long) + 21805
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6 com.adobe.illustrator 0x0002413c 0x1000 + 143676
7 com.adobe.illustrator 0x0002cd33 0x1000 + 179507
8 com.adobe.illustrator 0x00032a86 0x1000 + 203398
9 com.adobe.illustrator 0x000206b6 0x1000 + 128694
10 com.adobe.illustrator 0x0002099a 0x1000 + 129434
11 com.adobe.illustrator 0x0004d399 0x1000 + 312217
12 com.adobe.illustrator 0x0040c4b8 0x1000 + 4240568
13 com.adobe.illustrator 0x00020cf9 0x1000 + 130297
14 com.adobe.illustrator 0x00021157 0x1000 + 131415
15 com.adobe.illustrator 0x0022890f 0x1000 + 2259215
16 com.adobe.illustrator 0x0022a557 0x1000 + 2266455
17 com.adobe.illustrator 0x00472687 0x1000 + 4658823
18 com.adobe.illustrator 0x0027b1dc 0x1000 + 2597340
19 com.adobe.illustrator 0x0027bb3b 0x1000 + 2599739
20 com.adobe.illustrator 0x0027bf0d 0x1000 + 2600717
21 com.adobe.illustrator 0x000a2ad9 0x1000 + 662233
22 com.adobe.illustrator 0x000a24ea 0x1000 + 660714
23 com.adobe.illustrator 0x000a263a 0x1000 + 661050
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36 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x937793e2 SendEventToEventTargetWithOptions + 58
37 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x937a7d54 ToolboxEventDispatcherHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*) + 356
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39 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9377957d SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 405
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42 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9377a143 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 1181
43 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9377957d SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 405
44 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x937793e2 SendEventToEventTargetWithOptions + 58
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48 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93795ed2 SendEventToEventTarget + 52
49 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x93802b80 ToolboxEventDispatcher + 86
50 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x937ff3da RunApplicationEventLoop + 222
51 com.adobe.illustrator 0x00080f83 0x1000 + 524163
52 com.adobe.illustrator 0x000d84ab 0x1000 + 881835
53 com.adobe.illustrator 0x000a2cd2 0x1000 + 662738
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2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92bac539 pthread_cond_wait + 48
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Error in /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Settings/PDFX4 2008.joboptions:
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Distilling: Z-HARORG1a-3a 48MM L#2FB5DC.eps
Start Time: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Source: /Volumes/BU-DATA300/HarmonyMilk-Sample 1/Artwork Files/Z-HARORG1a-3a 48MM L#2FB5DC.eps
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Adobe PDF Settings: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Settings/Standard.joboptions
%%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: Z-HARORG1a-3a ]%%
%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
%%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
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Yes, for the most part. Some things have changed, for example
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I'm working off CS4 and using mainly Premiere Pro. I'm also using Photoshop, Flash, Soundbooth from CS4 and using files from those applications in Premiere Pro. All good so far. My projects have a few layers but really nothing too complicated.
I work with someone who will eventually create the flash elements of our projects. To do this the company ordered further licenses for CS4 but we received CS5 instead.
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I work with someone who will eventually create the flash elements of our projects. To do this the company ordered further licenses for CS4 but we received CS5 instead.
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This has been discussed to death. You need to export to IDML and open that.
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I can't reinstall Illustrator as I'm not at the office until the new year and don't have the disks. The PDFs are small (300k or so) and so it shouldn't be their size making the machine hang, surely? I've attached a sample. Specs are - dual core Dell M6300 laptop, 2.6GHz, 4GB RAM, Quadro 1600 graphics.
Any ideas would be very gratefully received....

Sorry I haven't replied in a few days (I'm at my parents' house for Christmas, so not the ideal place to sort out Illustrator problems )
This is REALLY weird. I was wondering whether Illustrator would be able to save PDFs (which are after all basically the same thing as AI files for this purpose) to get around the problem that way. I tried: it saved the thing fine. Next I tried saving what I'd just saved as a PDF, as an AI file. It saved it in a flash without any problems. (This is with the trashed prefs file - I haven't tried reinstating it, yet.) I've just loaded up a 14Mb AI file, and saved it again without trouble.
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Anyway, whatever the problem, it seems to be working OK now. Thanks both and hope you have a merry Christmas and New Year period.
Best
Nick

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I haven't been able to teach my motion graphics course in a year so I am behind on AE doings and the state budget cuts cancelled the purchase of my new laptop SO I only have CS3. I am scrambling to make this course work!!
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Hello!
Maybe it is a dummy question about the nature of Creative Suite licensing
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I am working along with a team now, and everyone uses flash CS3, I "only" have flash CS4 (in a CS4 design premium).
It is very unconfortable to save in CS3 format every time, the flash CS4 has a built in system to make it very annoying and
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the heck the flash alerts me, and how to save in CS3 format, and how to run into saving back to CS4 accidentally. And why I cannot save into
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my CS4 design premium license is capable to help me in installing a CS3 version of flash (or out of a CS3 design premium pack), for that project??
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You have created a fairly unusual situation!
I would first try runnning the CS3 Clean Script to see if that can remove it without damaging the CS4 installation. It may not.
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Un-install CS4 normally
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http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cs4clean.html
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http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cs3clean.html
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