How can I convert large Publisher 2000 files to Publisher 2003 wi.

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TN

When converting large files with embedded photos from Publisher 2000 into
Publisher 2003, SOMETIMES the photos do not transfer with the text. I have
large amounts of both RAM and Hardrive memory, so that shouldn't be causing
problems.
How can I reliably convert my Publisher 2000 files into Publisher 2003?
 
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TN

Sorry Mary, that didn't work. My virtual memory setting in the computer are
much larger than the Publisher 2000 file I'm trying to read (Initial: 2046
MB, Max: 4092 MB)-- the file is 277 MB. (I also have another, larger, file
of 1,603 MB that I can't get the photos to transfer either, but I'm trying to
get the smaller one to work first.)
Some of the postings talk about Video card incompatibilities (I have a
Radeon X800XT whose driver is dated 8/25/04) but-- and this is the most
frustrating part-- some of my large files do transfer with the photos
correctly. Some of the files that transfer OK are larger and some are
smaller than the one's I'm working with now.

Any other idea?

Thanks.
 
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Mary Sauer

Turn the acceleration down on the video adapter. Right-click the desktop, properties,
settings, advanced button, troubleshoot tab.
 
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TN

Thank you for your help Mary. Turning the acceleration off was a major
factor is solving this problem. When I did that, the smaller file was OK
complete with photos. However the larger 27 page file was not. I eliminated
the last 13 pages and stored the first 14 pages (a 900 megabyte plus file).
That worked. It appears that it was a combination of file size and
acceleration. Too bad a relatively mature program such as Publisher has
conversion problems because of major changes in the program with regard to
how graphics are treated compared to previous versions of the program.

I still need help (of a different sort now), however: How do I eliminate
the first 14 pages of my file and keep the integrity of the last 13 pages.
When I try to eliminate the first pages, the autoflow moves everything.

Thanks again for your help; hope you can help with this last piece of the
puzzle.

TN
 
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TN

I tried that earlier. If I unlink a text box, all the text after that point
disappears. Since I have stored pages 1-14, my objective is to eliminate
those pages so I just have pages 15-27 in my file. Unlinking page 14 from
page 15 causes all text in pages 15-27 to disappear. In fact, it doesn't
matter where I unlink; all text after the unlink point no longer shows on the
following pages.

TN
 
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Ed Bennett

TN said:
I tried that earlier. If I unlink a text box, all the text after
that point disappears. Since I have stored pages 1-14, my objective
is to eliminate those pages so I just have pages 15-27 in my file.
Unlinking page 14 from page 15 causes all text in pages 15-27 to
disappear. In fact, it doesn't matter where I unlink; all text after
the unlink point no longer shows on the following pages.

Imagine the text story as a chain
As such, you have:

[Text Box 1]====[Text Box 2]===[Text Box 3]===[Text Box 4]===etc.

Each text story has associated with it a certain amount of text, which
starts in text box 1 and flows through in sequence until we run out of text
boxes or run out of text. The text for the story is attached to the first
text box in the series.

Now, if we de-link at text box 2, this happens:

[Text Box 1]====[Text Box 2] (link broken) [Text Box 3]===[Text Box
4]===etc.

As such, we now have TWO text stories, one containing text boxes 1 and 2,
and one containing text boxes 3 onwards.
All the text is still attached to the first box in the series, and will stop
flowing at text box 2, going into the overflow area.

To get the text to flow past text box 3 and flow on into text box 4, you
will need to disconnect text box 3, leaving text box 3 completely isolated
(and 3 text stories total), then re-link text box 2 to text box 4.
 
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TN

OK, I understand what you said. However, the only way I can figure out how
to totally eliminate the first several pages of a document while preserving
the integrety of the last is to:
1. De-link at the point we want to preserve pages
2. De-link at the end of page 1
3. Re-link page 1 with the point where we want to preserve pages
4. Delete all intervening pages
This still leaves us with an unwanted page 1. It can be erased, but still
has to be left as a "blank" page, preserving its link with the next pages or
else. . . no text on those pages.

This is tedious to do and not a very elegent solution. There must be SOME
way to do this in a quick, neat fashion. Yes?

TN

Ed Bennett said:
TN said:
I tried that earlier. If I unlink a text box, all the text after
that point disappears. Since I have stored pages 1-14, my objective
is to eliminate those pages so I just have pages 15-27 in my file.
Unlinking page 14 from page 15 causes all text in pages 15-27 to
disappear. In fact, it doesn't matter where I unlink; all text after
the unlink point no longer shows on the following pages.

Imagine the text story as a chain
As such, you have:

[Text Box 1]====[Text Box 2]===[Text Box 3]===[Text Box 4]===etc.

Each text story has associated with it a certain amount of text, which
starts in text box 1 and flows through in sequence until we run out of text
boxes or run out of text. The text for the story is attached to the first
text box in the series.

Now, if we de-link at text box 2, this happens:

[Text Box 1]====[Text Box 2] (link broken) [Text Box 3]===[Text Box
4]===etc.

As such, we now have TWO text stories, one containing text boxes 1 and 2,
and one containing text boxes 3 onwards.
All the text is still attached to the first box in the series, and will stop
flowing at text box 2, going into the overflow area.

To get the text to flow past text box 3 and flow on into text box 4, you
will need to disconnect text box 3, leaving text box 3 completely isolated
(and 3 text stories total), then re-link text box 2 to text box 4.
 
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Ed Bennett

TN said:
This still leaves us with an unwanted page 1. It can be erased, but
still has to be left as a "blank" page, preserving its link with the
next pages or else. . . no text on those pages.

I just tested this

In a two-page publication, I created 2 text boxes, one on page 1 linked to
one on page 2.
I filled both up with dummy text, and then deleted page 1.

The dummy text from page 1 appeared on page 2, the dummy text that was on
page 2 went into the overflow area.

So if you deleted pages 1 - 14, you would not have to leave any dummy text
boxes, but you would have to delete all the text from the stories that had
initially appeared on the earlier pages.
 
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Ed Bennett

TN said:
That is essentially what I did, except that I couldn't eliminate the
first page. If I did, all following pages had no text at all. So
now I have a "blank" first page and the correct stuff for pages 15-27
following that page. Does this mean there is no way to eliminate the
first page?

Presumably.

In Publisher 2003, which I tested, you CAN remove the first page and the
text WILL be moved into the other text boxes.

I can't vouch for other versions.
 
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TN

OK, Thanks. Here's some additional info for you. The documents were created
in Publisher 2000 and I'm trying to convert them to Publisher 2003. As you
saw from the dialog stream, some of my Publisher files wouldn't convert.
Eliminating hardware acceleration helped, but one file was too large. That's
where the present problem came in. I eliminated the pages in Publisher 2000,
imported across my network to my machine with Publisher 2003 and then saved
it in Pub 2003 format. I can't get rid of the first page in any of these
versions. So, perhaps that relates to the Publisher 2000 source.

While I think the new way of handling graphic frames is an improvement in
Pub 2003, I think Microsoft could have created a way to handle documents
created in earlier versions better.

Thanks for your help, Ed.

TN
 

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