Microsoft KB Archive/198235

= You cannot open Publisher 1.0 files in Publisher 2003, Publisher 2002, or Publisher 2000 =

Article ID: 198235

Article Last Modified on 1/30/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
 * Microsoft Publisher 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Publisher 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q198235





For a Microsoft Publisher 98 version of this article, see 184649.



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to open a Microsoft Publisher 1.0 file in Microsoft Office Publisher 2003, Microsoft Publisher 2002, or Microsoft Publisher 2000, you receive the following error message:

Publisher cannot open the file.



CAUSE
Publisher 2003, Publisher 2002, and Publisher 2000 do not include a converter that reads Publisher 1.0 files.



WORKAROUND
Use one of the following methods to move your content to Publisher 2003, Publisher 2002, or Publisher 2000.

Method 1: Re-create the document in Publisher 2003, Publisher 2002, or Publisher 2000
Note: If you have both Publisher 1.0 and Publisher 2003, Publisher 2002, or Publisher 2000 installed on your computer, you will not be able to copy items from Publisher 1.0 to the later version of Publisher. Instead, you must re-create the publication in Publisher 2003, Publisher 2002, or Publisher 2000.

Method 2: Save the Publisher 1.0 file in a later version of Publisher
Open the Publisher 1.0 file in Publisher version 2.0, 3.0, or 97. Save the file from the later version of Publisher, and then open it in Publisher 2003, Publisher 2002, or Publisher 2000.

Additional query words: pub2003 pup2002 pub1.0 file type cannot open pub2000 pub9 9.00 import conversion migrate mspub pub1.0a convert unable to format text recreate legacy old prior translate copy paste backwards compatible error message errors upgrade

Keywords: kberrmsg kbopenfile kbtshoot kbprb KB198235

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