97 Publisher

[RKlug]

I have many business .pub created on an old computer in Publisher 97. Upon
getting a new XP machine I installed Publisher 97 successfully, but cannot
open files "from a previous version" This is the same program !!! Any help
would be appreciated.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

Are you running Norton anti-virus on this new system?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Norton will cause your error, disable script blocking and in Norton options, misc.
disable Office Plug-ins.

 

[RKlug]

Not Norton, but EZTrust AntiVirus.

Are you running Norton anti-virus on this new system?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I have many business .pub created on an old computer in Publisher 97. Upon
getting a new XP machine I installed Publisher 97 successfully, but cannot
open files "from a previous version" This is the same program !!! Any help
would be appreciated.

 

[RKlug]

Not using Norton, but am using EZTrust Anti-Virus.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

I'm unfamiliar with that program but perhaps it also has script blocking?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Not Norton, but EZTrust AntiVirus.

Are you running Norton anti-virus on this new system?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I have many business .pub created on an old computer in Publisher 97.
Upon
getting a new XP machine I installed Publisher 97 successfully, but
cannot
open files "from a previous version" This is the same program !!! Any
help
would be appreciated.

 

[Mary Sauer]

I visited EZ Trust, terrible web support. Somewhere in your help documentation it
probably mentions Office or Microsoft.

Try opening your Publisher documents with the anti-virus disabled.

You could be having a printer problem too. Publisher 97 saved all printer information
with each document. Try opening a publication in safe mode. When you installed XP, no
doubt the printer was updated to XP as well. If you can get a publication to open in
safe mode, disable your printer before you open Publisher and re-save.