Saving Indesign CS3 to Indesign CS

Does anyone know how I can save an Indesign file from CS3 so that Indesign CS (the one with the brown butterfly icon) can open it?
Is it possible?
And can I then open it up again in CS3 after making changes in CS??
Many thanks!
Stu

Export as INX. Open that in CS2 and do the same thing. Open that in CS.
Be prepared to find a dramatically different document depending upon
what features you used in CS3.
This is not a recommended workflow!
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