Word documents created in Office 2000 do not open in Office 2003

[bill946]

We are in the process of transferring from Windows 2000 with Office 2000 to
Windows XP with Office 2003. The problem is that we have a large quantity of
Word documents created in Office 2000 that do not open in Office 2003. I do
not know if it is a problem in Office 2003 or Wndows XP

 

[JE McGimpsey]

We are in the process of transferring from Windows 2000 with Office 2000 to
Windows XP with Office 2003. The problem is that we have a large quantity of
Word documents created in Office 2000 that do not open in Office 2003. I do
not know if it is a problem in Office 2003 or Wndows XP

While you are posting in a Word for Macintosh newsgroup, the problelm is
likely your Word 2003 installation, since WinOffice 97, 2000, 2003 and
MacOffice 98, 2001, v.X and 2004 all use the identical file format.

 

[little_creature]

Furthermore what JE said...
There's a function open and repair. Do file>open >choose file and then
there's a button in right bottom saying Open with small arrow - click there
and choose repair.
You can try that if that will help, but I would wonder if the problem is
with larger number of files. Problem will be elsewhere as stated bellow.

 

[bill946]

Thanks little_creature. The repair option is working well.
I will go through all our broken docs now
Thanks again