If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
"Publisher cannot open the file" error message
I have been using Publisher for 2 years to maintain a monthly newsletter for
my school district. Suddenly, beginning in August, any file I open from last year, edit, then save as a NEW file WILL NOT OPEN! I get "Publisher cannot open the file" error message. I've tried everything posted on the Microsoft knowledge base, but nothing is fixing this problem. My tech admin thinks it's something to do with something my computer installed to make Office 2007 files compatible with my Office 2003. Any ideas?? I need to have this fixed asap. I can't find whatever my computer downloaded, so am taking ALL updates off until I get this situation resolved. If anyone has an idea, I'd be thankful to hear it! |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
"Publisher cannot open the file" error message
Jababas wrote:
I have been using Publisher for 2 years to maintain a monthly newsletter for my school district. Suddenly, beginning in August, any file I open from last year, edit, then save as a NEW file WILL NOT OPEN! I get "Publisher cannot open the file" error message. If the file was created by an early version of Publisher, it could be caused by a security update to Publisher 2003. As I doubt your version of Publisher has changed significantly, that's quite unlikely and it's more likely that your publication has become corrupt. As it's probably the layout and not the text that's important, opening it in Microsoft Word with the options set to Recover Text From Any File will probably not do you much good. This is why we dispense the advice to NEVER NEVER NEVER perpetually use last week's/month's/year's newsletter as the base file for this week's/month's/year's. Create a new blank template from scratch (don't copy and paste from an old newsletter, that carries over any corruption that could be there) that can be used for weeks/months/years from now on, save it as a Publisher Template, and work from that for each publication. -- Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher http://ed.mvps.org |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
"Publisher cannot open the file" error message
Are you using the same newsletter over and over. Bad idea... You may need to
start from scratch. Look in your temp folder, Publisher may have saved a file there. Type %temp% in the address bar of Windows Explorer, find any temporary file with a pub prefix. If you find one, change the .tmp to .pub and try opening the file. That said, do you have Norton. How to use Office programs with the Norton AntiVirus Office plug-in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329820/en-us How to troubleshoot a damaged publication in Publisher http://support.microsoft.com/kb/198256/en-us -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "Jababas" wrote in message ... I have been using Publisher for 2 years to maintain a monthly newsletter for my school district. Suddenly, beginning in August, any file I open from last year, edit, then save as a NEW file WILL NOT OPEN! I get "Publisher cannot open the file" error message. I've tried everything posted on the Microsoft knowledge base, but nothing is fixing this problem. My tech admin thinks it's something to do with something my computer installed to make Office 2007 files compatible with my Office 2003. Any ideas?? I need to have this fixed asap. I can't find whatever my computer downloaded, so am taking ALL updates off until I get this situation resolved. If anyone has an idea, I'd be thankful to hear it! |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|