Microsoft KB Archive/46490

Mac Works Err: File Saved with Newer Version of Microsoft Works

PSS ID Number: Q46490 Article last modified on 10-22-1998

1.0 1.1 2.0 3.0 4.0

MACINTOSH

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= SUMMARY =

When you open a Microsoft Works version 1.0 or 1.1 document into Works version 2.0, the following message may appear:

This file was saved with a newer version of Microsoft Works. Start a current version & choose open.

= POSSIBLE RESOLUTION =

Following these directions does not always convert the document.

In such cases, the file header information is corrupt and the document most likely is damaged. Some Word Processor documents might be recovered by opening the files as text in Microsoft Word.

= MORE INFORMATION =

This error message may also occur when opening Works 1.x, 2.0, and 3.0 documents in Works 3.0, and when opening Works 1.x, 2.0, 3.0 or 4.0 documents in Works 4.0. In most cases, the file header information is corrupt and the document most likely is damaged.

KBCategory: kberrmsg kbprb KBSubcategory: macworkskb

Additional reference words: 1.00 1.10 2.00 3.00 4.00 mwkswp mwksconv

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========================================================= Keywords : kberrmsg Version : 1.0 1.1 2.0 3.0 4.0 Platform : MACINTOSH Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.