Flash CS3 - saving as mx2004??

Hi all
Is there a way of getting Flash CS3 Pro to save as MX2004? I
work at a school and the pc system is only at mx2004 but the mac I
work on has cs3 installed. I've done a tutorial movie for the
students but they need to be able to open and take apart the
original flash file to see how it's built. Is there any way to do
this?
Thanks guys
Daz

Thanks for the reply Ned. I thought it could only go back to
Flash 8 but I guess I was hoping there was a way to drop it back to
mx2004.
I'll recreate in mx2004, shouldn't take long.
Thanks again
Daz

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