Saving down CS5 to CS4 without CS4 on machine?

I have CS4 but my customer has just purchased CS5 outright (did not upgrade from earlier version). Can they save their document down to CS 4 without having CS4 on their computer?
Thanks
Laura
Wichita KS

Oops, my post should have read -
I have InDesign CS4 but my customer has just purchased InDesign CS5 outright (did not upgrade from earlier version). Can they save their document down to CS 4 without having CS4 on their computer?
Thanks
Laura
Wichita KS

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From: BobLevine <[email protected]>
To: Judy Schultz <[email protected]>
Sent: Mon, Sep 13, 2010 12:46 pm
Subject: Saving down from CS5 to CS4 cross-platform
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My problem is very similar. Just Upgraded to CS5 from CS4.
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No JPEG's in the stack though. Perhaps I'll have a look at that!
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