Opening document made in a newer version

A supplier of mine has sent me an In Design document that has been made in a newer version to what I have (I have CS). The document has possibly been made in CS4 or CS3.
Is it possible to save the document so that it can be opened in an older version.
Thanks

Only by going through a series of exports to .inx each of which needs to be opened in the previous version and exported again to go back another step.
This is not really a great workflow, particularly if you need to return the files. Each version has features, that if used, will be lost in a previous version, and text engines differ so you can expect text to reflow, changing line endings and possibly pagination.

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