Importing Pub 98 to Pub 2000 problem

M

mrhood

I'm new to this forum and a quick check didn't locate my question.
I'm sure it's been asked before, so I apologize in advance for any
inconvenience, bear with me. (I do not have Publisher on this machine)
I received the following message earlier:
"The church uses MS Publisher 98 to create most of their documents. I have
MS Pub. 2000. For some reason, known only to MS, Pub 2000 cannot read Pub 98
files, however Pub XP can read all versions....When I attempt to open the 98
files with 2000, I get a message that says I don't have the correct version
of Publisher. This is the same message that the church secretary gets when
she tries to open a file that she has created at the church on her home
computer which also has the 2000 version"

Is this an issue between the versions and 2000 is not backward compatible
with 98? Or is this an issue of another type?
 
B

Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]

mrhood said:
I'm new to this forum and a quick check didn't locate my question.
I'm sure it's been asked before, so I apologize in advance for any
inconvenience, bear with me. (I do not have Publisher on this machine)
I received the following message earlier:
"The church uses MS Publisher 98 to create most of their documents. I have
MS Pub. 2000. For some reason, known only to MS, Pub 2000 cannot read Pub 98
files, however Pub XP can read all versions....When I attempt to open the 98
files with 2000, I get a message that says I don't have the correct version
of Publisher. This is the same message that the church secretary gets when
she tries to open a file that she has created at the church on her home
computer which also has the 2000 version"

Is this an issue between the versions and 2000 is not backward compatible
with 98? Or is this an issue of another type?
Click to expand...

Are you 100% sure the Church has Publisher 98?

Can you send me a file to (e-mail address removed)

--
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.
 
M

Mary Sauer

If you have "script blocking" enabled in your Norton anti-virus program, you may get
this issue.
 
M

mrhood

Mary,
I've just sent them a note checking on the Script blocking issue.
I will let you know what I hear.
Thanks for the reply.
mrhood
 
M

mrhood

Brian,
Did you receive (and were able to Open) the .pub file I sent?
Just curious.
mrhood

:


Are you 100% sure the Church has Publisher 98?

Can you send me a file to (e-mail address removed)

--
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.
 
B

Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]

mrhood said:
Brian,
Did you receive (and were able to Open) the .pub file I sent?
Just curious.
Click to expand...

No, I didn't get it!

--
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.
 

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