Can Lightroom 5 save catalogs in Lightroom 4 format

I'm taking a College course in digital photography. The school only has Lightroom 4. I use Lightroom 5 at home. Is there a way to open Lightroom 5 catalogs in Lightroom 4? Or, can I tell Lightroom 5 to save my catalogs in Lightroom 4 format?
Thanks

I did not see any settings for saving to an older version.
But what you can do, is save the metadata to each file, then in lightroom 4 import the entire collection of pictures which would then bring in all the settings with it.
If necessary in lightroom 4 create a new catalog first, then import.

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I am a current Lightroom 5.7 user - I have purchased and installed Lightroom 6, but have not launched the program yet - will LR 6 make changes to my LR 5 catalog, such that it cannot be used in LR5?
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Q: Can Lightroom render 1:1 Previews when importing my Photos?
FAQ revised 25 April 2009
Ans: Prior to version 1.3 Lightroom did not support 1:1 preview rendering during import, the actual options for Initial Previews being: Embedded or Standard. However, more recent versions allow four types of previews to be rendered during import (i.e. Minimal, Embedded & Sidecar, Standard,and 1:1). It's also worth noting the following on Lightroom import behaviour:
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Phase One raw files can Lightroom read it?

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can lightroom for work with window 8?

Which version of LR?
Lightroom 4, yes.
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Can't launch LR catalog on external drive after upgrading to LR 4.

Today I realized I was using LR3 instead of the LR4 upgrade. I quit LR3 and launched LR4. (Note: I did upgrade the catalog when I installed LR4.) The catalog opened just fine, but I noticed that edits and some library additions I had made while back in LR 3 were missing. I quit LR4. Relaunched my computer. Now I can't open my catalog in either LR3 or 4. The catalog is on an external hard drive. I'm getting the message "Lightroom cannot launch with this catalog. It is either on a network volume or on a volume on which Lightroom cannot save changes." I am not on a network. The external drive is attached to my desktop Mac. I have been launching with the catalog on the hard drive for over a year. I am at a loss to solve this. Help. I need to get to my pictures.

Okay I fixed my own problem. I quit everything again and restarted my computer again. This time LR launched okay. I went back to LR3 and found I was using an older catalog. Then I quite that, relaunched LR4, selected the older catalog, and checked the box that says "upgrade again". I let this run and got a catalog with a new version number. The library is now in synch and I am happy again.

I had a computer crash and completed a Fresh install of Win7 and restore of all files from Carbonite. I have managed to get LR 5 running in LR. However, I am not sure I have all of my previous catalogs. How can I find my catalogs to assure that I have

I had a computer crash and completed a Fresh install of Win7 and restore of all files from Carbonite. I have managed to get LR 5 running in LR. However, I am not sure I have all of my previous catalogs. How can I find my catalogs to assure that I have a complete inventory of all my catalogs.

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I am trying to export photos and keep receiving an error message. I tried relocating my catalog to see if that would help since I am saving to an external drive, but now I can't find my catalog at all either.

I am trying to export photos and keep receiving an error message. I tried relocating my catalog to see if that would help since I am saving to an external drive, but now I can't find my catalog at all either. I am a newbie at this and don't know what I'm doing wrong or if I can even use an external drive for my photos and catalogs (I did enable smart previews so I do know how to do that part). Help!

You can use an external drive with LR but I recommend only using it for
image file storage while keeping your catalog on your internal HD for
performance. If you moved files outside of LR (Finder or Explorer) you will
have to clue LR in on where they are now. Use the left-hand folder panel in
Library mode to navigate to the location on your external drive and use the
find photo option get LR to reconnect them. If you moved the catalog and
now LR can't find it you should get a window allowing you to select a new
one where you can navigate to the new location and select it. You can also
just start LR by clicking on the Lightroom 5 catalog.lrcat file to open it
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I can't locate my catalog in Elements 8.0 to convert to 10.0

I've watched the tutorial to convert my catalog but I don't have anything that remotely resembles the Organizer on my screen. When I go to File, there is no catalog. I upgraded to Elements 10.0 and also use Lightroom but chose to maintain Elements to do things that Lightroom can't like layers. I don't want all the organization that I've done on my old photos to disappear and don't want to import my Lightroom catalog into Elements. What am I doing wrong? Where would the Elements catalog file reside on my drive and what would the file extension be? I did a search on Catalog and came up empty. I'm using Mac with Lion OS.

LindaCLee wrote:
Thanks for trying. I was on a Chat with someone from the Adobe team and I got no help whatsoever. Basically his response was that I needed to reimport all my phoios. That means I lose all my keywording and editng. What's the point? Ok, I'm just ranting. Really, thanks for all efforts!
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