Upgrading to Word 2003 should not cause this. Exactly what happens (message
displayed?) when you try and open one of the documents?

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"Bruce" wrote in message
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I just upgraded to Word 2003 and am now unable to open/modify my previous
documents! How can I grant myself permission to do this?
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Bruce Schmidt