Using Acrobat 6 with inDesign CS2

Hi,
Recently purchased CS2 Standard (inDesign, Photohop, Illustrator), and need to add on Acrobat. Can I add on 6.0 instead of 7.0, and still get easy exporting of pdf's from inDesign (seems like I just need to adjust my preferences and/or print dialog box selections within inDesign)?
THANKS

John:
You don't need Acrobat in order to "Export" or "Save As" a PDF from inDesign, Photoshop or Illustrator.
But, in order to view them properly in Acrobat 6 you may have to adjust your export settings to make them Acrobat 6 (PDF 1.5) compatible.

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