Microsoft KB Archive/302838

= &quot;Cannot open file created from a different version of Publisher&quot; error message when you open a publication in an earlier version of Publisher =

Article ID: 302838

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
 * Microsoft Publisher 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Publisher 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Publisher 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Publisher 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Publisher 3.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q302838



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to open a Microsoft Publisher publication, you may receive an error message similar to the following:

Cannot open file created from a different version of Publisher.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if you attempt to open a Publisher file in an earlier version of Publisher than the version in which the file was saved.



WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, save the publication in the format of an earlier version of Publisher. Because later versions of Publisher have features that are not available in earlier versions, some formatting may be lost when you do this.



MORE INFORMATION
Note that Microsoft Publisher 2000 is the first version of Publisher that is able to save files in the format of the preceding version: It can save files in Microsoft Publisher 98 format, as well as in Publisher 2000.

Additional query words: OFF2000 PUB2002 PUB2000 PUB2003

Keywords: kbopenfile kberrmsg kbprb KB302838

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