Re: word 2003 can't open word 2000 docs

Hi Margaret,

I didn't see the _unfiltered_ distinction for HTML in Word 2000's 'Save As'
file types. Both Save As:

a) HTML and
b) Word 97-2003 & 6.0/95 - RTF (*.doc)

seemed to create a file that Word 2003 is happy to open.

And a spot check of the formatting in both makes me think everything,
including Table-of-Contents hyperlinks and page numbering, was
preserved.

But I question my test. Can anyone suggest what other formatting I should
now insure
has been preserved, so I don't discover a problem when my deadline is more
imminent?

Also, if I had to choose one 'Save As' file format, filesize would lead
me, decidedly, to HTML; notice this size comparison:

original Word 2000 file: 183KB
HTML version: 249KB
Word 97/2003 RTF: 2592KB

especially since one of my problem docs, in Word 2000 format, is 26 MB!!

thanks,

-john

PS: i am on a Acrobat 7 trial and it seems happy to create PDF, with
preserved hyperlinks, for either Word 2003 or 2000


"Margaret Aldis" <Margaret.Aldis@mvps.(SpamStopper)org.invalid> wrote in
message news:ufaoPcweFHA.3864@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi John
>
> Save As HTML (unfiltered) keeps all the Word formatting.
>
> I haven't used Save As RTF for many years - it used to lose Word 97 +
> numbering but there may have been updates to either the format or the
> reimport since then.
>
> The "Maggie" is copying and pasting to a new document, leaving the last
> paragraph mark behind, hopefully along with the corruptions.
>
> --
> Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP
> Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
>
>
> "john gibb" <jgibb1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:RuKve.10011$hK3.276@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> I don't quite understand.
>>
>> I was wondering about "Save as.." in RTF but you are suggesting 'Save
>> As...'
>> in HTML; correct?
>>
>> Will HTML result in less formatting loss than RTF--when I reopen and
>> resave in Word
>> 2003?
>>
>> I eventually need to save the file in Word format (hopefully 2003) and
>> then,
>> with Acrobat 6 or 7 I believe, convert the Word to PDF with all the
>> hyperlinks preserved.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> -john
>>
>> "Word Heretic" <myfullname@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:9aqpb15kna60fii6c1jgunravl05473rg5@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> G'day "john gibb" <jgibb1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>>
>>> Yes-ish. The more you devolve the file format, the less chance of
>>> corruption remaining. Try a Maggie first though:
>>>
>>> <From Word 2k>
>>>
>>> Cut n paste everything except the last paragraph mark in each section
>>> to a new document.
>>>
>>> Then retry opening that new document in 2003.
>>>
>>> If that doesnt work, try Save As HTML before using the file format you
>>> suggested.
>>>
>>> Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
>>>
>>> steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment)
>>> Without prejudice
>>>
>>>
>>> john gibb reckoned:
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I get this error when using Word 2003 to open files saved in Word 2000.
>>>>
>>>> Word experienced an error trying to open the file. Try these
>>>>suggestions.
>>>> * Check the file permissions for the document or drive.
>>>> * Make sure there is sufficient free memory and disk space.
>>>> * Open the file with the Text Recovery converter.
>>>>
>>>>I can open them with the Text Recovery (as well as still with Word
>>>>2000),
>>>>but there would be hours of formatting back together again.
>>>>
>>>>Right now my solution is to open them in Word 2000, but I am giving up
>>>>features I was just beginning to get used to.
>>>>
>>>>Word 2000 offer regular RTF and one called:
>>>>
>>>> Word 97-2003 & 6.0/95 - RTF (*.doc)
>>>>
>>>>Are these alternatives likely to result in minimal unformatting?
>>>>
>>>>thanks,
>>>>
>>>>-john
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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