Mary, Thank you. I see I did not word my question to ask exactly what I
needed to know. Will it open it as a 2000? Without converting it to 2007? I
am refering to comands, placement and justifacation.
> Publisher 2007 will open all versions of Publisher except those before 1995.
>
> >I have a customer that sent me a Publisher 2000 file an all I have Is 2007.
> > Can you tell it to open it in 2000 like WordPerfect lets you?
It should open as 2000. I don't think it will convert to 2007 until you save it
again. If you want it to retain the 2000 formatting save as a 2000 document.
I just now opened a 2000 document with 2007. It had WordArt, it opened fine. The
old WordArt is just as it was in 2000. Publisher 2007 will let you edit the old
WordArt.

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> Mary, Thank you. I see I did not word my question to ask exactly what I
> needed to know. Will it open it as a 2000? Without converting it to 2007? I
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>> >I have a customer that sent me a Publisher 2000 file an all I have Is 2007.
>> > Can you tell it to open it in 2000 like WordPerfect lets you?
vanilla - 02 Oct 2007 09:53 GMT
This is great news ... I have some old 2002 templates I was hoping I could
import and convert ... do you know if 2007 is able to convert old files with
good success? Any particular old elements that don't convert well?
Thanks ... vanilla
> It should open as 2000. I don't think it will convert to 2007 until you
> save it again. If you want it to retain the 2000 formatting save as a 2000
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>>> >2007.
>>> > Can you tell it to open it in 2000 like WordPerfect lets you?
Mary Sauer - 02 Oct 2007 11:17 GMT
Vanilla, There is very little difference in a 2002 file and a 2007 file.

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> This is great news ... I have some old 2002 templates I was hoping I could
> import and convert ... do you know if 2007 is able to convert old files with
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>>>> >2007.
>>>> > Can you tell it to open it in 2000 like WordPerfect lets you?