how do i open a publisher file created in new version?

[Peg]

I get publisher files in new versions of publisher. I have publisher 2000.
I can't open these files but don't want to update publisher. Is there a
download program I can get to translate these files?

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

I get publisher files in new versions of publisher. I have publisher 2000.
I can't open these files but don't want to update publisher. Is there a
download program I can get to translate these files?

There is not a download to translate. The only way you can open these files
in Publisher 2000 is to have the sender save the file as a Publisher 2000
file. In Publisher 2002/2003 they just need to go to File > Save As and
change the Save As Type to Publisher 2000.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com

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

 

[Oldsteve]

There is NO sender to ask to resend. I am the creater of the files and they
all show as being saved as Publisher 2000 version 6.0. I have version 2000.
6.00 installed yet Publisher says it can't open them as they were created in
a different version, rubbish, they were not.

 

[Mary Sauer]

OldSteve, Do you have Norton?

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

OldSteve, Do you have Norton?

Norton seems to be a recurring topic of discussion here when folks
talk about their problems.

WHAT kind of problems does it generally cause? Are those problems
shared by all versions of Publisher?

For the record: I stopped using anything carrying the Norton label
maybe 10 years ago. Too much of a resource hog.

 

[Mary Sauer]

It is the plug-in. Years ago it was the scrip blocking. When I first started
using Publisher 2002 I had to disable the script blocking feature of Norton, now
it is only the plug-in.

Quote from Microsoft
When the Norton AntiVirus plug-in is disabled, the Norton AntiVirus Office
plug-in does not scan documents when you open the documents. Even if the Norton
AntiVirus Office plug-in is disabled, the Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect feature
still provides ongoing protection by scanning any file that you run, download,
open, create, or delete.