Cross platform issues with InDesign CS5 or earlier

Potential client would like me (designer on a Mac) to design print docs which they can then edit on their PCs. Would love to hear feedback from others about any cross-platform issues/best practices suggestions. Thanks!

No problem at all, the only thing you have to do is make sure you both have the same fonts in a flavour (Opentype) that you can both read.  So when you send them a Indesign document using these fonts they should be able to open it up on a PC without getting a "missing fonts" warning.  Once you've got that sorted you're away, I do exactly this all the time.
Oh and of course you must have the same version of Indesign!  You can save back one version (or from CS5.5 to CS4) but it's not recommended for this type of workflow.

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