PDFs saved in Acrobat 9 Pro can't be opened in 4...

I have some PDFs that I've created in InDesign CS4 and they open fine in everything. If I make any small changes in Acrobat 9 Pro, say just changing the Initial View, and then doing a Save As the new file will not open in Acrobat 4.
I'm greeted by the following error message:
"There was an error opening this document. Could not repair file."
I'm also experiencing scrambled text if I open the PDF in Preview.
I've also recently had a print shop that wasn't able to handle a PDF saved in Acrobat 9, but was able to handle the same PDF saved in 8. So I was just wondering if anyone else out there has been experiencing the same issues?
The details:
Acrobat 9 Pro (9.1.2)
OS X 10.4.11 PPC
Why does the PDF have to open in Acrobat 4? Well there's no real reason it shouldn't, plus I like to see what my PDFs will look like to someone using an old program that doesn't support transparency.

You need to use the optimizer to set the version you want the pdf to be saved as.

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