[BigDaddyCool]

I was looking through my old floppy disks on my old PC and I found a couple
Word Documents that were last modified in June of 1992. I tried opening them
up in Word 2003, but there was a lot of gobbledygook (although the main text
was there!). How would I go about successfully opening it up and making it
look exactly as it did in 1992?

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

There would generally be two potential issues with opening old files using
Word 2003:

1. Are the correct filters installed? Check Office installation and add the
filters if necessary.

2. In some cases, files before version x are blocked from being opened by a
default security policy. See:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922849

for more information if, instead of seeing gibberish, you get a message that
says:

You are attempting to open a file that was created in an earlier version of
Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from opening in this version by
your registry policy setting.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"BigDaddyCool" wrote in message
...
I was looking through my old floppy disks on my old PC and I found a couple
Word Documents that were last modified in June of 1992. I tried opening
them
up in Word 2003, but there was a lot of gobbledygook (although the main
text
was there!). How would I go about successfully opening it up and making it
look exactly as it did in 1992?

[BigDaddyCool]

I'm not getting any kind of message, so the problem is probably #1. What are
filters? Where can I find more information about them?

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

There would generally be two potential issues with opening old files using
Word 2003:

1. Are the correct filters installed? Check Office installation and add the
filters if necessary.

2. In some cases, files before version x are blocked from being opened by a
default security policy. See:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922849

for more information if, instead of seeing gibberish, you get a message that
says:

You are attempting to open a file that was created in an earlier version of
Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from opening in this version by
your registry policy setting.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"BigDaddyCool" wrote in message
...
I was looking through my old floppy disks on my old PC and I found a couple
Word Documents that were last modified in June of 1992. I tried opening
them
up in Word 2003, but there was a lot of gobbledygook (although the main
text
was there!). How would I go about successfully opening it up and making it
look exactly as it did in 1992?

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Assuming you're using Windows XP, open the Control Panel and look for Add or
Remove Programs. Click on Microsoft Office 2003 (name varies), and then
click on Change. Select Add or Remove Features, then click Next. Click to
select Choose Advanced Customization of Applications, then click Next.
Expand Office Share Features, then set Converters and Filters to Run All
from My Computer. Click Update.

If that doesn't do it for you (and it might not), then you probably need to
install the Office File Converter Pack. Take a look he

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212265


--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"BigDaddyCool" wrote in message
...
I'm not getting any kind of message, so the problem is probably #1. What
are
filters? Where can I find more information about them?

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

There would generally be two potential issues with opening old files
using
Word 2003:

1. Are the correct filters installed? Check Office installation and add
the
filters if necessary.

2. In some cases, files before version x are blocked from being opened by
a
default security policy. See:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922849

for more information if, instead of seeing gibberish, you get a message
that
says:

You are attempting to open a file that was created in an earlier version
of
Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from opening in this version
by
your registry policy setting.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"BigDaddyCool" wrote in message
...
I was looking through my old floppy disks on my old PC and I found a
couple
Word Documents that were last modified in June of 1992. I tried opening
them
up in Word 2003, but there was a lot of gobbledygook (although the main
text
was there!). How would I go about successfully opening it up and making
it
look exactly as it did in 1992?

[Graham Mayor]

Or you can download the of Word DOS filter from my web site.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Herb Tyson [MVP] wrote:
Assuming you're using Windows XP, open the Control Panel and look for
Add or Remove Programs. Click on Microsoft Office 2003 (name varies),
and then click on Change. Select Add or Remove Features, then click
Next. Click to select Choose Advanced Customization of Applications,
then click Next. Expand Office Share Features, then set Converters
and Filters to Run All from My Computer. Click Update.

If that doesn't do it for you (and it might not), then you probably
need to install the Office File Converter Pack. Take a look he

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212265



"BigDaddyCool" wrote in
message ...
I'm not getting any kind of message, so the problem is probably #1.
What are
filters? Where can I find more information about them?

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

There would generally be two potential issues with opening old files
using
Word 2003:

1. Are the correct filters installed? Check Office installation and
add the
filters if necessary.

2. In some cases, files before version x are blocked from being
opened by a
default security policy. See:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922849

for more information if, instead of seeing gibberish, you get a
message that
says:

You are attempting to open a file that was created in an earlier
version of
Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from opening in this
version by
your registry policy setting.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"BigDaddyCool" wrote in
message ...
I was looking through my old floppy disks on my old PC and I found
a couple
Word Documents that were last modified in June of 1992. I tried
opening them
up in Word 2003, but there was a lot of gobbledygook (although the
main text
was there!). How would I go about successfully opening it up and
making it
look exactly as it did in 1992?