Opening files with old and new versions

K

Katmido

Unlike Excel, & Word, I now cannot open the new version of
Publisher 2002 with an older one (Publisher 2000). In a
secretarial pool, one woman has the newer version and now
can not send the others in the office Publisher documents
to review. I prefer using 2000 and DO NOT want to upgrade.
I understand that the 2002 user can opt to save her
document in a Publisher 2000(or earlier) format. So we
tried that and it still could not be opened with 2000.
Does anybody else think this is really lousy?
 
W

Willie Hunter

Yes, I think is lousy. We have all kinds of files saved
in Publisher 1998 and we cannot even use them in our
Publisher 2002 programmed computers, because it messes up
all of our lines and formats. If you find an answer to
this problem please let me know what it is. We are very
frustrated by this problem.
Willie Hunter
 
V

Vsevolod Udovenko

Unlike Excel, & Word, I now cannot open the new version of
Publisher 2002 with an older one (Publisher 2000). In a
secretarial pool, one woman has the newer version and now
can not send the others in the office Publisher documents
to review. I prefer using 2000 and DO NOT want to upgrade.
I understand that the 2002 user can opt to save her
document in a Publisher 2000(or earlier) format. So we
tried that and it still could not be opened with 2000.
Does anybody else think this is really lousy?

I would check for service packs installed, because pubconv.dll which is used
for saving/opening different formats was updated with every service pack for
OFF2000 and OFFXP. It suppose to be able to open files saved in Publisher
2000 format.

Thank you,
Vsevolod.
 
°

°°°M°S°°Publisher°°°

Willie Publisher 98 files loaded into Publisher 2002 will not be formatted
correctly and never will be.
This is because Publisher 98 is printer driver dependent, and Publisher 2000
and 2002 are not printer driver dependent. This was a good and necessary
feature enhancement

On Publisher 98 if you decided to use another printer you would/could get
similar results.

We cannot help you here with your frustration. You need to go to other
places to get your frustration relieved.
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J

jajonez77

I have this same problem and as far as I can tell there
is no way around it. I don't understand how this can be
legal.
 
E

Ed Bennett

Whilst attempting to develop brick-based storage technology, Ed reads a
message from jajonez77 said:
I have this same problem and as far as I can tell there
is no way around it. I don't understand how this can be
legal.

This is not an issue in the vast majority of cases, and in the vast majority
of cases where it is an issue it can be fixed.
I don't believe there are any laws forcing software companies to allow older
versions to open files from newer versions - so how is it illegal?
 
M

Myrna Larson

The question of legality aside, how could this even be possible? e.g. the
2002 file format didn't exist when, say, Publisher 97 was written.

Is jajonez77's implication that whenever a company changes a file format it
should be obligated to go back and modify every pre-existing version of the
program to handle the new format?
 
E

Ed Bennett

Whilst attempting to develop brick-based storage technology, Ed reads a
message from Myrna Larson said:
Is jajonez77's implication that whenever a company changes a file
format it should be obligated to go back and modify every
pre-existing version of the program to handle the new format?

I think it's more the case of adding filters to each new version allowing to
save a file readable by a previous version.
 

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