New to word 2003

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Hi
Recently, I installed word 2003, since then I can not open my documnents
generated by word 97. is there a conveter available?

Thanks
Matt
 
Have you applied the latest Service Pack for Microsoft Office 2003 Editions (applies to Microsoft Word 2003
and Microsoft Word Viewer 2003)?


To find out if Service Pack 2 has been applied to Microsoft Word 2003, follow these steps:

Start Microsoft Word
Click Help -> About Microsoft Word
In newer versions (i.e. Word 2003), click Help -> About Microsoft Office Word

It should say something like:
Microsoft Office Word 2003 (11.6568.6568) SP2
Part of Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003

If it says "SP2", then Service Pack 2 has been applied.



How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870924/



Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842532/

Order Office 2003 Service Pack 1 on CD
http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/updates/2003/o2k3cd.htm

Download details: Office 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...A6-7CB1-4F61-837E-5F938254FC47&displaylang=en



Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887616/

Office 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) is NOT available on CD at the time of this post.

Download details: Office 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...97-2DB6-4654-9DB6-EC7D5B4DD867&displaylang=en
 
No converter should be needed, as all versions from Word 97 to Word 2003 use
the same file format. Are you perhaps trying to open a document from a
floppy?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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A couple of things, 1st i have installed all latest service packs, The file
i'm trying open is on my C drive. There is nothing special about these files,
the only different issue is some vb text boxes are part of them.
 
Are you getting a macro warning or are macros disabled? You may need to set
macro security to medium so that you can enable macros.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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No, it is not a macro warning, there is no macro used. It's only vb text
boxes & image holders, & word 2003 basically stops responding.
But when i save the same file with word 2000, then i can open it with word
2003.
 
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