Captivate CS3 / CS4 Compatability

Hello,
I work in a mixed environment. The organization I provide eLearning to uses an organization-wide Captivate CS3 license and I use CS4 to create the content. I haven't had to ensure the content I create crosses version lines so I was wondering: Is Adobe Captivate CS4 backwards compatible with CS3 or is there a way to make CS3 read a CS4 file?
I can't force them to change the version of Captivate they are using but if I can make it possible to use the content I create, that would be great!
I really don't want to go back to using CS3. I loved it but I like CS4 a lot better now. If only they would see that too....

Hi again
Yes. But not without a few hickeys.
I have Captivate 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the same PC. While my version 4 seems to work okay, I have problems editing and working with audio in version 3. (I still do a lot of work using version 3).
Cheers... Rick
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