Publisher can't open files...

[denmarkpeter]

Conditions for the PC mentioned below:
O/S: Wxp Pro - total updated.
Office: Of2k - total updated.
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Situation:
I have received e-mails with publisher-files attached. When I try to open
the files, my Publisher comes up with the error-message (translated from
danish to english): "Publisher can't open files, which are created in another
version of Publisher."
When I look in the properties of the files, I can see the author's name, but
not the version of the publisher, with which the files are created, or the
Publisher-format of the files. (It should have been a good feature, if the
Publisher program as default hat set this information, every time a file was
created).
Since I assume, that the Publisher versions are backwards compatible, the
received publisher files are supposed to be of newer art.
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I am not in the mood to buy a new version of the Publisher now.

The two questions:
1. Can it really be true, that Microsoft not offer their customer a
conversion tool, when Microsoft makes new formats to Publisher?
2. Can somebody tell me an alternative way to open or convert the mentioned
files?

Thank You very much.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

The conversion tool is call an upgrade. I know, that's not the answer you
wanted but........

As for how to open that file, you can either ask the originators of the
files to do a Save As Pub 2000 or, if it's just a one time thing, you may
send them to me and I'll send them back as a Pub 2000 file. Please bear in
mind that something *could* be lost in the translation.

If you want to accept my offer, you are welcome to send the files to jl dot
paules at gmail dot com.