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Publisher 1.0 -- Can I do anything with these files?
Hi folks:
I've moved the administrative assistant at my Church into a new computer with Windows XP and Office 2003. I installed Publisher 2003. But it turns out that he has a couple of documents in Publisher 1 that he would really like to avoid recreating. I fired up the old (Windows 98) computer and tried to open these Publisher 1 files in Publisher 2000. But it doesn't recognize them. I had hoped that if I could get them into Publisher 2000, I could then save them and/or export them so that they could be read in Publisher 2003. But I didn't have any luck. Does anyone have any idea about what I can do to move these files to Publisher 2003? Publisher 2 is also on the Windows 98 computer, so I can use that if necessary. I'm not a publisher user, but I do use Office, and have done so for about 15 years. I'm a software engineer, but this thing has me stumped. I'll be grateful for any help. Thanks -- Sharon Dooley |
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Publisher 1.0 -- Can I do anything with these files?
Sharon Dooley wrote:
Publisher 2 is also on the Windows 98 computer, so I can use that if necessary. You are extremely fortunate, Publisher 2.0 was the last version that could open Publisher 1.0 files. Open the files in Publisher 2.0 and save them in the 2.0 file format. All versions through the earlier releases of Publisher 2003 should then be able to open them. Open them all in Publisher, and save them in the latest format, before installing the updates for Publisher 2003 - the latest security patches remove support for Publisher 2.0 files. (It's possible I'm mistaken and 2002 was the last version that could open 2.0 files; if that's the case, open in 2000 as an intermediary instead. Note of course that there will be some formatting loss due to the conversion.) -- Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher http://ed.mvps.org |
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Publisher 1.0 -- Can I do anything with these files?
Thanks! I'll give it a go.
-- Sharon Dooley "Ed Bennett" wrote: Sharon Dooley wrote: Publisher 2 is also on the Windows 98 computer, so I can use that if necessary. You are extremely fortunate, Publisher 2.0 was the last version that could open Publisher 1.0 files. Open the files in Publisher 2.0 and save them in the 2.0 file format. All versions through the earlier releases of Publisher 2003 should then be able to open them. Open them all in Publisher, and save them in the latest format, before installing the updates for Publisher 2003 - the latest security patches remove support for Publisher 2.0 files. (It's possible I'm mistaken and 2002 was the last version that could open 2.0 files; if that's the case, open in 2000 as an intermediary instead. Note of course that there will be some formatting loss due to the conversion.) -- Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher http://ed.mvps.org |
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Publisher 1.0 -- Can I do anything with these files?
Sharon Dooley wrote:
Thanks! I'll give it a go. By the way, if you still have the original box and program disks for Publisher 1, I'd be very interested in buying them off you. -- Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher http://ed.mvps.org |
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