Publisher repeatedly opens files as a new untitled document

[AB24U]

I just upgraded from Microsoft Works 2001 suite to MS Office 2003 on my
laptop. On another computer I was running Publisher 2000. I copied a Pub
2000 file to My Docs and opened it with my new Pub 2003. Two big problems...
it doesn't recognize a number of fonts, which is fine except that I keep
selecting to permanently replace the unrecognized fonts w/ Times New Roman so
I could customize the file from scratch w/ available Pub 2003 fonts, but it
doesn't save that option, it keeps making the same prompt each time I open
it. The other main problem is that when it does open the file, it doesn't
open it as its own named file which I can update and save over it... It keeps
opening it as a new untitled Pub file (as if it were a template, but it is
not) and then if I want to overwrite the original file I have to do a "save
as" and manually select the old file. Why is this program acting so strangely?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Check to see if the files you are attempting to edit are "read only." Right-click the
file, properties...This will happen if you copied the files to a CD for example.

 

[AB24U]

That was a good suggestion! Unfortunately, I checked and it is not "read
only". What else may be the problem. I am working on it now, and I closed
it to accurately check it's properties, and when I reopened it, sure enough
it is "Publication7" now instead of what I saved it as... It is not read
only, and it is not a template... Publishing newsletters is my business so
I'm hoping there is not something really whacky with my new program or my new
computer... Thanks!

 

[Mary Sauer]

You receive a font cannot be loaded error message when you open a file that has many
fonts in Publisher 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828375

Try a "detect and repair" under help.

I cannot find a Knowledge Base article that addresses your problem. You maybe unique.
Normally when you open a 2000 publication and save, the file is automatically saved
as a 2003 document.

Do you have the Office 2003 service pack downloaded, some of these issues may be
rectified.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdate/default.aspx