File Exchange between Illustrator CS5 and Freehand 10?

Hello everyone,
I'm working with Illustrator CS5 on MacOS X Version 10.6.4.
I'd like to exchange Files with a colleague, who uses Freehand 10 on Mac OS X Version 10.4.11.
Is that possible? In both directions? Will I have to convert the files to older Versions?
I've already found out that I can open Fh 7 Files in Illustrator CS5.
I'd be glad to get an answer soon.
Birgit

You can even open FreeHand10 files in Illustrator. The other way round it's difficult. FreeHand could open AI7-files, only: you cannot save them. So you would have to save down to AI3 (not: CS3). You'll loose about anything apart from simple paths, strokes and fills that way, let alone transparency. Clearly this workflow is not advisable at all.
Either one of you uses a different software or you simply don't exchange files back and forth.

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