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    - Publisher 97 will not print graphics I recently bought a new computer with Windows XP. It did not come with Publisher, so I am using Publisher 97 from my old set-up. It always worked great. Now, on the new computer, the graphics will not print. Is it a compatiblity issue with XP? I really don't want to purchase an upgrade just for my holiday newsletters and party invitations, but I do like how Publisher is easy to use and more flexible than a "greeting card" program. Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111177
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    - Publisher cannot complete the operation When trying to use the Wizard to create a publication I get the message, "Publisher cannot complete the operation." Is this RAM related? Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111175
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    - Security UPdate Fellow Pubbers, Seems Microsoft is offering a free CD containing all the Security Updates for Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, & XP. It can be ordered at: http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/cd/order.asp Part II of this message: In order to avoid condemnation from the Publisher Purists, I would also appreciate the solution on how I would add the umlauts to my prose and poetry when writing in Swahili using the Icelandic version of Publisher 2000? Now if you respond to the second part of this message, we do offer therapy. -- Don ----- A Democracy: Where four wolves and one lamb vote on what's for dinner. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.592 / Virus Database: 375 - Release Date: 2/18/04 Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111174
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    - 2003 will not open 2002 or previous files I just loaded Office Publisher 2003 and am attempting to open old 2002 Publisher files. The files will not open. I have searched throught the progam and double clicked on the file. I get the message "Publisher cannot open file." It still opens fine in 2002 though. Please assist. Thank you. Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111165
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    - What is an .swp file? And why is it so huge? 131,072kb And is it a friend or foe? Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111158
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    - Publisher 98 "Cannot Open File" Have been using my data file just fine for the last 2 years. Did envelopes with it yesterday. Added 30 names today, merged and printed fine. Went back in to delete 2 records. Instead of opening my file -- which still shows up in windows explorer as 186kb -- error message says: CANNOT OPEN FILE. Note: does NOT say: CANNOT FIND FILE. 186kb may not seem big to you, but means lot to me. Is there ANOTHER tool to open this with, just to get the info out or to print a copy. Am K making sense? Thanks. Carol Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111157
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    - Excel Macro Problem I have an excel file taht cannot be open on a computer with WinXp Os and Excel 97 SR2 while enable its macro. However, I can open this file on other computers with the same OS and Excel ver. Also I have reported this problem to Microsoft. Where could I check the reply of Microsoft? Please tell me why this problem occur. Thanks. Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111154
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    - Error opening publication I just insatlled MS pub 2003 and am having problems opening projects made in earlier versions. It asks if I wish to go to safe mode to open these.. Is this a new way of desaling with upgrades? What can I do to avoid this? Al Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111144
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    - Autoflow bug when publishing to html I made a newsleter, some text boxes auto flowed into others, saved as html, no proble later I edited the file in publisher and after publishing as html I noticed the previous typing persisted so I now had duplicate paragraphs, looked bad in explorer looked ok in publisher To fix it I pasted the text into separate boxes without autoflow and it worked o Still having a problem where I cant mass mail the publication, I get an instant reply from outloo Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients Subject: News from Lease +Loan Maste Sent: 2/18/2004 2:23 P The following recipient(s) could not be reached 'a.michetti@shaw.ca' on 2/18/2004 2:23 P None of your e-mail accounts could send to this recipient 'aaron_dargel21@hotmail.com' on 2/18/2004 2:23 P None of your e-mail accounts could send to this recipient 'agnieszka.grad@big5x.com' on 2/18/2004 2:23 P None of your e-mail accounts could send to this recipient Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111143
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    - errors Hello, I have a coworker who is having these errors in Publisher: Due to low memory or use of a floppy other than the one you started with, Publisher has had to rename your publication C:\PUB242.TMP. To resume, close all programs, including Publisher, then restart Publisher and open the file. You may then rename the application. and this error: MSPUB.EXE - Application Error The instruction at "0x600193f0" referenced memory at "0x0000000". The memory could not be "read". Click on OK to terminate the program Click on CANCEL to debug the program Sometimes, clicking on OK will close Publisher and not save the document. Also, she got: mspaint.exe - Application Error The instruction at "0x77fcb3ad" referenced memory at "0x00000." The memory could not be "written". Click on OK to terminate the program. She was getting this above error when opening a Publisher file with a specific logo that was created in MS paint. Her other coworker does not have any of these problems. This coworker does save the Publisher files to the hard drive and not the network, and she still gets errors. She has Novell Client 4.83 SP2 and Windows 2K Service Pack 4. Please Help. Thank you. Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111137
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    - Can't select anything Publisher 2002: I have a business card that I want to work on, but I can't select anything. When I click on the select tool, then move the cursor to the document, it goes to a 4-way arrow with the word "move" on it. When I click, nothing will select. What is wrong? -Kevin Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111134
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    - Opening 2003 files with 2000 I am trying to open MS Publisher 2003 files with MS Publisher 2000 for editing the 2003 files with 2000. I am running MS Windows 98 SE. Is there way to do it? Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111118
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    - recolor Graphic shows two color in format picture preview, but show only one color on screen. Recolor preview shows two color also, but recolor won't work. Help Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111117
  - 14
    - Kerning problem I have PUB2003 installed on a desktop and on a notebook. My pub file contains a title with 3pt kerning. The title with kerning is shown correctly on my desktop where I have developed the publication. When I open the same pub file using Publisher on the notebook the kerning is not recognized anymore and the title is shown in "normal". However, if I take a look at the style it still says 3pt. kerning. I deleted the textbox containing the title and inserted a new textbox and a new title and applied the style formating - to no avail. Any ideas what's happening here? Thx Tom Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111114
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    - Why doesn't the text fit its self around my graphics? I'm using Publisher 2003. I've inserted a clipart but the text goes under the graphic. I want the text to flow around the graphic. PLEASE help me get the text to flow around my graphic. I've used Pub 2000 and haven't run into this problem....can't find anything to fix this! Thanks in advance!!! -- Kelvin Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111113
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    - Saving Pub2002 as Pub2000 Doesn't Work Have tried Save as Pub2000 from Pub2002 but Pub2000 unable to open the files. Gives a message "Publisher cannot open files from a different version." Any help would be muchly appreciated. Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111110
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    - missing fonts--where did they go? help!! i have done several pages of a school yearbook. one page i go to print and it prints all boxes and circles. other pages don't print bold. they look fine on the screen. another page i opened and all of a sudden a completed page is all symbols. publisher says it doesn't recognize the fonts and are not installed. this would include times new roman and arial. what should i do? thanks Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111108
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    - Cannot connect to data source file I have moved Publisher 2002 files from a computer running Windows XP to a Publisher 2003 files on a computer running Windows XP Pro. These files are using a mail merge list. When I try to open a file, I get a Publisher Can't Connect window saying that the file might have been moved, deleted, or renamed. The file listed is where the mail merge file is on the old computer. I am given a choice to Reconnect to the data source or Work without the merged info. How do I change the source file to the new location? Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111107
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    - Publisher 2000's colour schemes are all black! My client is using Microsoft Publisher 2000. All of the colours are black. From the Format->Color Scheme... menu item, all of the listed achemes are black. On the "Custom" tab, all of the colours are black. If I select a colour and try to customize it, all of the basic colours are black. If I want to see all colours, I can see a very colourful grid but the preview is always black. I can manually set the RGB values, but they always appear as black. All available Office Updates have been applied. Repairing does not solve the problem, nor does the repair/reinstall feature. Any assistance or insight would be greatly appreciated. --Kevin Woodman Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111101
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    - Printing in Publisher When printing a two-sided tri-fold brochure in Publisher, one side comes out up side down. How do I get the brochure to print correctly? Thank You Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111096
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    - publisher 95 document won't open with 98 Hi, I have some documents that took a great deal of time to make which are suddenly necessary to access again. I have since upgraded to XP, and have Publisher 98 on my machine. I get "...is not a valid win32 application" if I click on the document in windows explorer. When I open 98 and try to open the documents, I get "Publisher cannot open earlier "publisher cannot open files from a different version". I tried to change the "open with" setting to publisher 98, and it still doesn't work. I also can't seem to find my old publisher 95 disc. I hope there is a solution that doesn't require buying yet another microsoft upgrade. Thanks for any help you can give. --Robert Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111093
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    - Opening Publisher I am trying to open a pub 2003 file from my Windows Explorer. But because I have 2 versions, it only opens up with 2000. How can I fix that problem? Thanks, Lynne Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111091
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    - no thumbails when inserting pictures I have a document with a lot of pictures and every time I go to insert a new picture, it displays the contents in the folder I'm pulling from as thumbnails. This is very, very annoying. I have a lot of images and thumbnails not only take extra time to load, but they take up probably 5 or 8 times more room than just a listing. I set it to display as a list, and when I go back in to insert another picture, it returns to displaying thumbnails. Is there anyway to set Publisher (2002) up so that it displays the same way as was displayed last time the folder was accessed? thanks so much Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111089
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    - Previewing Clip Art Problem I have Publisher 2002 XP and my I cannot preview clip art. It just shows the files with a note pad looking icon with a small globe in the lower left corner of each file preview. If I double click on one of the files it inserts it into the publication. How do I fix the preview clip art problem. I believe it's only with the online clip art gallery clips. I have cable internet service, so My computer is always online. Thanks in Advance! Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111079
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    - Picture It! Does anyone know how to convert a .php Microsoft Picture It! Publishing Document to a .pdf? Thanks! Matt Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111074
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    - CD Volume Label for Publisher 2002 Does anyone know offhand what the CD volume label for publisher 2002 is? Thanks in advance Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111073
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    - Publisher Can anyone tell me if you have to buy the Publisher software for each computer that we load it on? Or can you load it on several computers? We are an apartment management company with 13 communities in our portfolio. We would like to load Publisher at each location. Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111070
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    - Clip Art colors print incorrectly I am trying to create a certificate using Publisher 2002. I am printing on a hp psc 2110 all-in-one. The pre- designed document prints fine, however when I add a clipart design to it, the colors in the clipart print in incorrect colors. Yellow and red come out blue, blue comes out red. This only applies to the clipart graphics while the rest of the document comes out correctly. This only happens in Publisher, if I copy the same art to a word document it prints correctly. By the way, if I send it to our network color printer, it prints fine, so somewhere between publisher and my printer it gets messed up. Thanks, Bill Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111065
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    - Image Writer I was advised to use Image Writer as a default versatile printer in Publisher to create PostScript files and PDFs. Image Writer is supposed to be available under Add Printers/Generic, but the only Generic printer on my system is "Generic / Text Only." Can something be downloaded from somewhere? Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111060
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    - Existing 98 files unreadable with XP...suddenly I just updated to XP and reinstalled my publisher 98. the files that i have made previously will not open now, saying it's a new version, but it's the same! and I NEED my files, my letterhead, etc. I don't want to make them all over again. How come they won't open...Help!! Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111059
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    - Difference btwn versions What is difference between Pub 2002 full version 164-02697 vs. 164-01630? /Thanks Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111058
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    - Selecting font and style I am a newbie to the publisher and to publishing in general. I need a recommendation on what font and font size to use for a newsletter body? I realize it is a personal preference choice but I was wondering if there are maybe like 3 or 4 fonts most commonly used as Body Text. In my Word documents I mostly use Times New Roman but I am not sure if it is a good choice for a newletter Thank you in advance for any suggestions Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111057
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    - RX Font Does anyone happen to know, from which font that I can insert the RX (for Prescription) symbol? Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111039
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    - margin cut off when printed a 4-up postcard looks perfect when viewed. When printed the top, rt side and bottom are cut off a bit. What can I do? Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111036
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    - I want to uninstall Office 97 but the setup.exe will not launch I want to uninstall Office 97 but the setup.exe will not launch. My OS is Windows 98 SE. When I put the Office 97 CD in the drive, it will not launch. I tried running it manually by going to Run>drive:/setup but then my PC hangs and I have to crash it. I have checked the CD and it works fine on my other PC and I have also made sure it is not the DVD drive. Anyhelp on this one? Is there a way I can remove Office97 without going through setup or how would I fix this THanks Laurie Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111025
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    - Save as web problems with Pub 2000 I am running Publisher 2000 (from Office 2000) on Windows 2000 professional with a 933Mhz / 128 Mb Ram / Pent III Compaq Presario and I have tried to do a “save as web page” and I have the following error come up and the program shuts down. The error is MSPUB.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program. An error log is being created. To try and fix the problem I ran the repair facility on the CD and also reinstalled the program twice, and that did not fix the problem. I used to have Windows ME and the same Office 200 program set and I successfully created web sites no problems with Publisher. Any body have any idea of how I can fix this problem so I can once again save as a web page my publisher documents? Cheers, Dragon anthorr@yahoo.com Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111024
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    - country compatability if I buy in Germany will the disk be useable in English Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111020
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    - merge multiple publisher documents Does anyone know if you can merge several publisher documents? Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111016
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    - CAN NOT INSERT A PICTURE/JEPG IN PUB FRAME I AM TRYING TO ADD A PIC.(JPEG) FROM MY PICS COLLECTION AND IT WILL NOT INSERT IN THE PIC. FRAME IN PUB.I AM GETTING A RED "X" IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE PIC BOX. I CAN ADD CLIPART OK TO THE SAME PIC BOX AND I CAN INSERT THE SAME JPEG/PIC IN MS/WORD OK, BUT NOT IN MY PUB.FRAME I HAVE PUB-XP. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANX SMITTY Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111014
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    - Installing Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 I am receiving an error message when I try to install MS Publisher. The following message appears: "Error 1919. Error configuring ODBC data source. MS Access Database, ODBC error 13: could not load the setup or transfer library. Verify that the file MS Access Database exists and that you can access it." What should I do. I am using Windows XP as my operating system and tryingto install the evaluation copy of MS Publisher 2003. Thank you, David C. Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111005
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    - Question about 2003 Wondering whether it's worth the upgrade. I like the idea of multiple master pages and baseline grid, but I have a couple of questions. If those of you using 2003 could help, then I'd be grateful. Is the hyphenation still only available at global or story level, or can you now set it as part of a style? Is there any control over minimum/optimum/maximum word spacing in paragraph styles? Has Publisher implemented character styles yet? TIA -- Doug Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 111000
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    - Font Issues The Publisher 2002 andMicrosoft word that I have had for over a year in my computer are now not recognizing any fonts including Times New Roman and Arial. It is as if they don't see the font bank all of a sudden. Other programs like Corel Draw are having no problems. Please Help I am getting desperate. Lynne Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 110996
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    - Mail Merge I am trying to create a mail merge into a publication. I can create the publication, connect to the source an make the merge. However the problem is I want all the data to flow onto the whole or same page or pages. The only way I have found to do this is setting the page up as a postcard or lable. This doesn't allow me the flexibility to edit individual pages or add graphics. Please help, I am using PubXP Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 110994
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    - merge limitations Last year in merging cells from an Excel to a document, Publisher 2000 had a limitation of 256 characters (including blanks, punctuation and special characters) per cell. Is this still true for Publisher 2003? Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 110993
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    - Error messages while installing publisher... I receive a STOP ERROR message while installing publisher 2002. The stop code is : *** STOP: 0x0000008e (0xc0000005, 0xbf87f865, 0xf1e08b6c, 0x00000000) *** win32k.sys - Address bf87f865 base at bf8000000, datestamp 3f73195d I have searched all over the knowledge base and nothing comes up for this stop code... any suggestions on what this could be??? Please feel free to e-mail me as well... Thanks all! Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 110986
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    - Set background color of single Pub 2002 Help states: On the View menu, click Background to set the color of a single page for Pub 2002. Background is not on the view drop down. So how do you really do it? Also is there a way to select a portion of a picture color and use it to set the entire page background to that color? Thanks, Fred Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 110977
  - 22
    - Interactive email I want to create a form that I can email to friends with boxes they can check and then send back. Can this be created in MS Publisher? Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 110976
  - 23
    - Printing Banner-Only first page prints I want to print a 6.5' banner, using banner paper, with Microsoft Publisher 2002 on an HP PSC 1210 printer. I have gone into the page setup and layout and made the changes for banner paper and the width and height of paper I am using, however only the first page of the banner prints. I have used a previous version of publisher before and have not had this problem. Does anyone know why this is happening? Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 110975
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    - MSPUB.exe generates system errors I attempt to launch a Publisher documnent and it gives an error "MSPUB.exe has generated errors and will shut down". What would cause this? I am running Windows 2000 sp4 and Office 2000 Professional sp3???? Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 110972
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    - Need help with Japanese version Does anyone know what I should downolad to be able to use (view it properly) my copy of Publisher 2000 in JAPANESE? The OS and Office 2003 are in English. Basically, I can type in Japanese, but cannot view any tools (like File, Edit, View, Options,Isert... and so on) it all has only ????????? (question marks instead of japanese script). Japanese language pack for Office XP cannot be installed because I use Office 2003 (could not find anything for 2003). Any ideas? Thanks, Iv Tag: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions Tag: 110966

Is it possible to open Publisher 2003 files created in
Windows XP in older MS versions (Publisher 2000 in
Windows 98)? If so, how?

Thanks,
Bob

Re: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions by Ed

Ed
Thu Feb 19 12:54:23 CST 2004

A small child turns to Ed, and exclaims: "Look! Look! A post from Bob
B. <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>!"...
> Is it possible to open Publisher 2003 files created in
> Windows XP in older MS versions (Publisher 2000 in
> Windows 98)?

Yes, but you have to save them as the old version (File > Save as... >
Publisher 98/2000)
This loses formatting.

--
Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
http://www.mvps.org/the_nerd/
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Re: Opening Pub 2003 files in older versions by Brian

Brian
Thu Feb 19 13:57:36 CST 2004

Hi Bob B. (anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| Is it possible to open Publisher 2003 files created in
|| Windows XP in older MS versions (Publisher 2000 in
|| Windows 98)? If so, how?

In addition to Ed's excellent advice:

http://www.mvps.org/publisher/versions.html

--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Office Publisher MVP
Official Publisher MVP Site:
http://www.kvalheim.org

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confers no rights.