Upgrade IDCS2 to CS4 w/o upgrading entire CS2 suite?

I want to upgrade ID CS2 to ID CS4 without upgrading the entire Design Standard suite.
Reason = it is cheaper.
Will the other CS2 suite components 'get along' with the one IDCS4 component?
Version Cue is not a factor - we don't use it, it is not installed.
All other system requirements are kosher.
Thanks
Pete

Scott,
Thanks for the quick response. After fiddling with the upgrade options
I came to realize what you just expressed.
Pete
>>> Scott Falkner <[email protected]> 10/27/2009 3:55:44 PM >>>
It is not cheaper. You cannot upgrade only one component of the suite.
To upgrade only InDesign you would need to purchase a new license. This
costs more that the upgrade for the suite.
However, to answer the rest of your query: InDesign is probably the
best program top upgrade if you only upgrade one. That*s because an
InDesign file is almost always the end product, except for the PDF you
send to the printer and the final printed piece. One generally imports
Illustrator and Photoshop files into InDesign. InDesign CS4 will import
Illustrator and Photoshop CS2 files just fine.

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