Cannot open file

[jimmiechip]

I spent the best part of an afternoon editing some maps, yet Publisher 2003
kept stalling towards the end. It got to the point where I was saving it
after every change but the reason it was stalling was because it was too big!
I sent it to a different (read better) computer but even with the extra
memory and swap file size, it couldn't open it. What I would like to do is
convert the .pub to a .jpg, then finish my edit using the (hopefully much
smaller) .jpg, rather than start the whole damn thing over. Is there a way
to convert a .pub file WITHOUT opening it in Publisher? Would Publisher 2007
be able to open the file?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Publisher 2007 will open 2003 publications. Sounds to me you have some
corruption going on. Did you ever try saving the file with a different name?
Have you looked in your temporary folder on the off chance Publisher saved a
temp copy?
Type %temp% in the address bar of Windows Explorer. Look for any file that has a
pub prefix. Change the .tmp to .pub, cross your fingers and try opening it.

How to troubleshoot a damaged publication in Publisher
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;198256