CS1 to CS4 in a single leap

Working on iMac 20" Leopard OS, 3GB RAM.
From what I read, I should not have been able to install CS1 let alone work with it. At this point however, it's time to buy CS4. Some of the forums talk about difficulty working with legacy documents in CS4.
Does anyone have any experience making the transition from CS1 to CS4?
Will it work, what problems might I expect?
Thanks.
Deborah

Yes, there may be text reflow, but it's not necessarily as bad as it could be.
If CS1 text is in a frame that is not edited in CS4, the text will stay put.
It's only if/when you click to edit the text will the new algorithm take effect.

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    But the first question is to find out what data rate service and plan you are using. Most industrial cellular modems nowadays still work on the GSM or equivalent level and therefore use data services such as GPRS and there you simply can't go higher than about 2 k Bytes per second.
    Higher throughput services such as EDGE are not supported on all GSM networks and not by all modems. And if you want to go even higher than that, you need an entirely new type of modem and network based on the still not widely used UMTS or equivalent technology.
    Rolf Kalbermatter
    Message Edited by rolfk on 10-09-2009 09:06 AM
    Rolf Kalbermatter
    CIT Engineering Netherlands
    a division of Test & Measurement Solutions

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