conversion from word to publisher

[Jojo]

my computer crashed. several documents originally writen with pub got
recovered but now show up in an unreadable word document.
I reloaded publisher, which had disapeared in the crash, and I want to
convert those word docs into back to publisher.
Howdoidothat?
Jojo

 

[Mary Sauer]

Well, you could change the extension to .pub if you really think the files are
Publisher's. What version Publisher?

 

[Jojo]

Hi Mary
It's Pub 2000.
the documents are sitting on the hard drive and are labeled .pub
however, the icon in front of the extension is a "word" icon
they were created with pub 2000. the application disapeared after the crash
and the documents were recovered only to appear in word
since then I have reloaded pub 2000 and can open them in pub when I do "open
with..."
how can I convert this word docs into permanent pub docs?
Jojo

 

[Ed Bennett]

how can I convert this word docs into permanent pub docs?

They are permanent Publisher documents, it's just that your system is set up
to open Publisher files with Word.

If you go to Open With..., you can say "Always use this program to open this
type of file"