[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Jeb,

If you're using Symantec Norton products open their settings dialog and in the miscellaneous tab disable the 'Office Plug in' choice
then start Word and see if you can open the previous version files.

Add-ins, such as Fine Reader, may or may not work with Office 2007 as is depending on a combination of the 3rd party provider
needing to complete an update, Office beta needing to be corrected or the security settings for add-ins in File(Office Button)=Word
Options

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"Jeb" wrote in message ...
I, too, am uncertain how to open older Office docs with the new B2TR. I
downloaded the English compatibility pack; but this does not correct the
problem. Any docs I made with the earlier Office beta version will not open.
Indeed, when opening Word, I get an error message about being unable to find
the template doc (finereader 6). None of the older docs--saved, by the way,
as 97-2003 files--will open--this, although they still appear in my docs
folder. To evaluate the problem, I made some test docs with the new 2007 file
extension; and these also will not open. On my desktop, I am running XP Home,
with the latest IE RC beta, as well as the Defender and WMP 11 betas. All the
other betas perform superbly.
"Jeb"
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I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office system products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends

LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Free MS Office 2007 book from MS Press, 213 pages:
http://microsoft.com/learning/office...oksfrommspress

2.. Office 2007 Beta 2 Online Test Drive, Downloadable beta,
e-learning courses, doucmentation and movies:
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

3. Send 2007 Office System Beta 2 feedback directly to the MS Office 2007 product team with this feedback tool:
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

4. Try the 2007 OfficeOnline preview website , without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...XT101650581033

b. then visit
http://officebeta.iponet.net