PDF from Powerpoint on Mac will not place in CS3 or CS4

Got a customer supplied PDF generated on a Mac from the latest version of Powerpoint using the Mac Quartz engine. I can not place it in either CS3 or CS4 InDesign, but it will place in CS and CS2. Problems placing it there as well. The PDF contains a smooth shaded background that turns into a black box in the upper left hand conner. If I open the PDF in Acrobat 6 or 7 it also previews incorrectly. Opening in Acrobat 8 or 9 it previews correctly. If I have the customer send a postscript file and I distill it using PDF/A-1b:2005 (RGB) or (CMYK) it seems to work, well at lest I can place it in all versions of InDesign. The problem now is if I export to PDF after placing it reverts back to the black box in the upper right hand conner. Another issue is writing postscript flattens all the transparent objects in the PDF, something I'd rather not do. BTW if I try to use any other PDF setting in Distiller the program quits. Is this a known issue?

Yes here is the report. Odd that it previews OK in Acrobat 9 tho and not in Acrobat 6 or 7, the two Acrobats that I use, because thats the version I have Pit Stop for. I know I should update Pit Stop but as it is we are lucky to still be open at all with the lack of work here, and can't afford to upgrade anything. I did get these to work but it was a real nightmare and took lots of time.

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