cannot communicate with OLE server program

I just installed Office Publisher 2007. I had publisher 2000. Most of my
publisher 2000 documents had wordart in them. When I open a 2000 file and
try to work in one of those wordart boxes, this is what always comes up:
"Publisher cannot launch or communicate with the OLE server program needed to
complete this task"
I am not able to do anything within those wordart boxes and they won't let
me go to my old microsoft publisher 2000 program to do it either. I have
almost all of my labels for my business on some type of wordart and I need to
be able to work on these documents. I thought this program would be
compatible with 2000 or otherwise I wouldn't have bought it.
Please advise. Thanks

There is a WordArt compatibility tool download. I use by double-clicking the old
WordArt, or you can use it by Insert, Object and scrolling down to WordArt 3.2
This download says 2003 but it works for me in 2007

Publisher 2003/2002 Add-in: WordArt Compatibility
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
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"Christy Gray" Christy wrote in message
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I just installed Office Publisher 2007. I had publisher 2000. Most of my
publisher 2000 documents had wordart in them. When I open a 2000 file and
try to work in one of those wordart boxes, this is what always comes up:
"Publisher cannot launch or communicate with the OLE server program needed to
complete this task"
I am not able to do anything within those wordart boxes and they won't let
me go to my old microsoft publisher 2000 program to do it either. I have
almost all of my labels for my business on some type of wordart and I need to
be able to work on these documents. I thought this program would be
compatible with 2000 or otherwise I wouldn't have bought it.
Please advise. Thanks