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BL - 26 Jan 2004 14:03 GMT

Hi all,

I have a bunch of mail merge documents developed on Word
2000. When I upgraded to Word 2003, there is an error
message displayed.

Is there any clue on this ?

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 26 Jan 2004 17:22 GMT

Hi Bl,

> I have a bunch of mail merge documents developed on Word
> 2000. When I upgraded to Word 2003, there is an error
> message displayed.

Please quote the exact text of the message.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Sep 30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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BL - 27 Jan 2004 06:03 GMT

"Word was unable to read this document. It may be corrupt.
Try one or more of the following:
* Open and Repair the file.
* Open the file with the Text Recovery Converter...."

Thanks.

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>Hi Bl,
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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 27 Jan 2004 16:56 GMT

Hi Bl,

> "Word was unable to read this document. It may be corrupt.
> Try one or more of the following:
> * Open and Repair the file.
> * Open the file with the Text Recovery Converter...."
>

Hmmm, definitely not good news. Do you still have Word 2000?
Can Word 2000 still open these documents?

> >> I have a bunch of mail merge documents developed on
> Word
> >> 2000. When I upgraded to Word 2003, there is an error
> >> message displayed.
> >>
> >Please quote the exact text of the message.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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