Permanently change Acrobat Pro 9 to only save as Acrobat 5

(Acrobat Pro 9.0, Windows XP, etc.)
I add to and edit the client's .PDFs with my own material. At present, his internal software only works with .PDFs that are fully compatible and saved with Acrobat 5.
I am aware of the ways in Acrobat 9 Pro to save .PDFs for Acrobat 5 (reduce .PDF size with compatibility for Acrobat 5, etc).
Question: Is there a way to permanently modify Acrobat Pro 9.0, so that it always saves (just with the saving button) in the Acrobat 5 format without having to change any options, etc?
Thanx for your help.

Thanks for the info and help, Bill. Was afraid of that.
Who needs Acrobat Pro just to create a .PDF from a Word or other file? I use it to edit and save within the .PDF file many times a day. That's why it's annoying to go through several steps that should be able to be taken care of in just one.
Maybe somebody has another idea?
If not, Adobe might want to think about a fix for Acrobat 9.0.1, since a lot of us free lancerss (for a company which is a leader in its field) will be sticking with Acrobat 6.0.6 till doomsday.
Suggestion to Adobe Co.: Don't always reset the compatibility feature in the "Save As" option after a save, or after the option has been set give it the possibility to be a standard (like with the comments).

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