Can't Open Word 2.0 Doc in Word 2003

[Natelle]

Hi, I guess it's the little background Windows updates that foiled me. I use
Word 2.0 as we built a C program that will convert our mainframe documents to
Word books. I then combine my new piece into an existing book in Word 2003.
But I was getting an error saying I'm not allowed to open the file. So I
uninstalled Office 2003 and reinstalled it, and now I can open the files. The
only problem is that now Outlook is freezing up on me and I am unable to open
my e-mail.

When I look at my version of Windows XP it says I am at SP2.

Any suggestions of a better way to still access my Word 2.0 files? Also I
did find out that copy and paste does work, but I lose all my styles, so that
becomes laborious reapplying the styles.

thanks for being here! -Natelle

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See "Information about certain file types that are blocked after you install
Office 2003 Service Pack 3"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938810

 

[Natelle]

Thank you Suzanne. This is very helpful. I'll try reinstalling SP3 and use
one of the methods. I am grateful for this newsgroup. Much better than even
free phone calls... !

Natelle

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Note that Method 1 is definitely the one you want.

 

[Natelle]

Yes method 1 worked great. I reinstalled SP3 and did method 1. I was then
able to open my Word 2.0 files in Word 2003.

Thanks.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Glad you got it sorted.