word 2000 and word 2003 compatibility

[Alison M. Basar]

Hi -
I have a document that was created with Word 2000, but when opened with Word
2003 I get the following message:

Word was unable to read this document. It may be corrupt.
Try one or more of the following:
*Open and Repair the file (tried and can't find this option)
*Open the file with the Text Recovery converter.

I also tried copying the document and pasting it into a new one.
I am able to view this file perfectly with Word 2000. The file is located
on the harddrive and on a server.
Any thoughts?

Thanks

 

[Tom Ferguson]

Open the document in Word 2000. Assure that the option to see paragraph
marks is on. Highlight the entire document _except_ the final paragraph
mark. Open a new document. Paste the contents into it. Save under a
different name. Quit Word 2000. Open Word 2003. Try to open the
newly-created document.

Let us know.

Tom
MSMVP
Windows Shell/User


| Hi -
| I have a document that was created with Word 2000, but when opened with
Word
| 2003 I get the following message:
|
| Word was unable to read this document. It may be corrupt.
| Try one or more of the following:
| *Open and Repair the file (tried and can't find this option)
| *Open the file with the Text Recovery converter.
|
| I also tried copying the document and pasting it into a new one.
| I am able to view this file perfectly with Word 2000. The file is
located
| on the harddrive and on a server.
| Any thoughts?
|
| Thanks
|
|