Microsoft KB Archive/218671

= You receive the "Publisher cannot open files from a different version" error message when you open an unpacked publication in Publisher 98 =

Article ID: 218671

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Publisher 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q218671



SYMPTOMS
When you unpack a publication and try to open it with Microsoft Publisher 98, you will receive the following error message:

Publisher cannot open files from a different version.

This error message will occur, even if you saved the publication as a Publisher 98 file before you packed it.



CAUSE
Pack and Go for Microsoft Publisher 2000 is not compatible with Microsoft Publisher 98. The packed publication contains a Publisher 2000 file, regardless of whether or not it was previously saved in another version.



RESOLUTION
Do not use Pack and Go if you intend to open a publication in Microsoft Publisher 98. Use the Save As method to save the Publication as a Publisher 98 file instead.

Additional query words: prepress kbprepress PUB2K PUB2000 PUB 2000 PUB9 9.0

Keywords: kberrmsg kbinfo kbtshoot kbprepress kbefonts kbconvert kbprb kbpng kbopenfile kbsavefile KB218671

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