Saving CS3 down to CS2

I'm working as a freelancer. I'm working with Illustrator CS3 but most of my customers still use CS2. When I save my files as CS2 they are not really useable anymore for them. They can't open layers or edit text in CS2.
With the Indesign Interchangeformat it works fine for CS3 to CS2. Is there anything similar for Illustrator?
All this version trouble with software that is that expensive!!!
thanks for advices
Nicola

I constantly trade file with a user of CS3 while I am still using CS2. THe only issue for me is that if I Save As from a file he down-saved, the default save format is PDF, even though the file is an AI file. But all other editing is available. Sounds like you are not saving as CS2.

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