Publisher 2002 - problems saving as 98 and 2000 after XP SP2

[tend-to-panic]

Installed XP SP2 but have discovered problems saving Pub
2002 files to Publisher 98 and Publisher 2000 formats
which is important to me as I need to get Publisher files
to people/offices people with 98 or 2000.

Now get message on most publications saying that that
pictures on page x are too big for earlier versions etc.
I tried converting files that converted OK before I
installed XP-SP2 and they just will not convert now
unless various pictures are stripped out. It does not
object to all graphics - just some but I cannot discern a
pattern in file types. Weird!

Reinstalled Publisher 2002 - no difference.

Tried another PC that has not yet had XP-SP2 installed
and the files converted OK so it must be something to do
with XP SP2.

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

You are getting that message because Publisher 98 and 2000 only support
uncompressed bitmaps, with a maximum size of 16mb. Publisher 2002 does not
have this limit, so you are extended that error/warning.

I am guessing that it is probably a coincidence that you haven't encountered
large enough images saving back to oldre versions. SP2 is unrelated to
Publisher and it's features.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
~pay it forward~

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

 

[tend-to-panic]

Thanks for reply. However, I don't think it's a
coincidence that I have not encountered this before. And
that does not explain why Publisher 2002 files that
previously converted OK (at least they saved - renamed -
without giving me any error messages) no longer will. I
tried a few! Indeed, only an hour before installing XP
SP2 I converted one to Pub 98. The same original
unaltered file now gives rise to lots of error messages
about graphics being too big. All of the original
graphics are under 1 MB each. The whole Publisher file is
less than 10 MB. Only difference to my system - XP SP2.

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

Hi tend-to-panic ([email protected]),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| Thanks for reply. However, I don't think it's a
|| coincidence that I have not encountered this before. And
|| that does not explain why Publisher 2002 files that
|| previously converted OK (at least they saved - renamed -
|| without giving me any error messages) no longer will. I
|| tried a few! Indeed, only an hour before installing XP
|| SP2 I converted one to Pub 98. The same original
|| unaltered file now gives rise to lots of error messages
|| about graphics being too big. All of the original
|| graphics are under 1 MB each. The whole Publisher file is
|| less than 10 MB. Only difference to my system - XP SP2.

Can you zip and send me a sample publication?
And is the whole Publisher file 10mb in Publisher 2002 or in Publisher 98?

--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
~pay it forward~

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