Publisher 98 files opening in Office 2000 on Windows 98

[S Fleming]

Help Please! I got a new computer and it has Windows 98
for an operating system,where I installed Office 2000
Premium, and I am trying now to open up my stuff (created
business cards etc) from my other computer (which was
created with Publisher 98 in a Windows 2000 Professional,
with Office 2000 Premium and it says that I can't open
files from a different version. Oh noooo...what do I do. I
have sooo much stuff that I need to import and reuse.
Anybody have the answer to this? Desperate!

 

[Mary Sauer]

Do you have Norton? Disable "script blocking", under options, disable "Office
plug-ins". Try double-clicking the file. Or right-click, properties, opens with...
change and point to Publisher.

 

[fleming]

I did the disable script blocking and disable office
plugins under Norton. After doing so...I tried double-
clicking the file and also right clicked etc under
properties to open. Still same message..."Cannot open
files from a different version of Publisher" Is there any
type of conversion program that I can use to convert all
of my files? Thank you for you help so far!

 

[Mary Sauer]

Fleming, How many files are we talking about? Can you use zip? I will convert them
for you if you send them my way. I have broadband so the size isn't any problem on my
end. Remove "my" to reply.

 

[s fleming]

I received only 1 file unzipped. Unfortunately it was not
the important ones. My internet server went down and I
couldn't send the others fast enough. Can you still unzip
them for me? If not, can I install my Publisher 98 twice
on the same computer and have 2 versions of the same
program working? Any other alternatives? I really need
these files usable.

 

[Mary Sauer]

I sent all the files back to you. It was 5 MB zipped, which you said was the limit.
Do you want me to break them down into smaller zips. What are the most important
ones?

 

[fleming]

That 5 mb file was great. I received all of those and can
access them. But, I sent other emails with files that
needed to be unzipped. I had to break all my needed files
into separate emails because my server was sending them
too slow and rejecting them. May I send them again. I
tried to send them to your email address but I believe my
name has been rejected for some reason.
Sheree

 

[Mary Sauer]

Sure, send them again... Use gsauer at columbus.rr.com or msauer at mvps.org

It would help to break them up in smaller files...