Microsoft KB Archive/184649

= PUB98: Publisher 98 Cannot Open Publisher 1.0 Files =

Article ID: 184649

Article Last Modified on 6/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q184649



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to open a Microsoft Publisher 1.0 file in Microsoft Publisher 98 you receive the following error:

Publisher cannot open the file.



CAUSE
Publisher 98 does not ship with a converter that reads Publisher 1.0 files.

Microsoft welcomes suggestions or comments about changes in functionality and product design.



WORKAROUND
Use one of the following methods to migrate your content to Publisher 98.

Method 1: Recreate the Document in Publisher 98
NOTE: If you have both Publisher 1.0 and Publisher 98 installed on your computer, you will not be able to copy items from Publisher 1.0 to Publisher 98. Instead, you must recreate the publication in Publisher 98.

Method 2: Save the Publisher 1.0 File In a Later Version of Publisher
Open the Publisher 1.0 file in Publisher 2.0, 3.0 or 97. Save the file from the later version of Publisher and then open it in Publisher 98.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: pub1.0 file type cannot open pub98 pub5 5.00 import conversion migrate mspub pub1.0a convert unable to format text recreate legacy old prior translate copy paste backwards compatible error message errors

Keywords: kbinterop kbprb KB184649

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