Cannot read a .pub file

[Tara]

I am creating a yearbook for my school. I have been
working on the same file for months and whenever I try to
open the file I get the message: Cannot read file.

I am using Publisher2000 and have been working on the same
computer from the beginning, the file is rather large...

How can I open the file? Or recover the file? Is it
possible that the file is too large to open?

Please help, I am hoping I do not have to start all over
again!

Tara

 

[Ed Bennett]

A small child turns to Ed, and exclaims: "Look! Look! A post from Tara

I am using Publisher2000 and have been working on the same
computer from the beginning, the file is rather large...

How big is the file (the filesize - in KB or MB)?

 

[Guest]

The file is 986MB

Tara

-----Original Message-----
A small child turns to Ed, and exclaims: "Look! Look! A post from Tara


How big is the file (the filesize - in KB or MB)?

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[Mary Sauer]

PUB2000: Maximum Publication File Size
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;212622&Product=pub2000
PUB2000: How to Troubleshoot a Damaged Publication
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;198256&Product=pub2000

 

[McCabe's Minuteman]

Can you link photos in 2000? You really should be linking, NOT imbedding.

 

[Guest]

Once I can open the file I would like to link the photos,
but currently I cannot open the file to chance
anything...thank you for all the help, if there is
anything else I can try to open the file please let me
know. I would really like to avoid restarting six months
of work.

Tara

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MSFT MVP]]

Hi McCabe's Minuteman ([email protected]),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| Can you link photos in 2000? You really should be linking, NOT
|| imbedding.
|
You can choose to have the photo's linked, but they will still embed as well
:-(. It's a bug that still exists in 2003.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.mvps.org/publisher
~pay it foward~

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

 

[Ed Bennett]

A small child turns to Ed, and exclaims: "Look! Look! A post from

Can you link photos in 2000? You really should be linking, NOT
imbedding.

a) Embedding is spelled with 2 "e"s and one "i".
b) Publisher, even when linking photos, stores them internally too, in case
the original is deleted
c) Publisher 2002 and up help by compressing pictures.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Look in the Windows temp folder, Publisher does create temp files, you maybe able to
recover some part of the file there. Another place to look, in Windows Explorer, type
%temp% in the address bar.