A program wants Word 97, not Word 2003. Why?

[Guest]

I am using a program that can convert its information so that I can print and
see more clearly. The problem is, it wants word 97 or word xp. I have word
2003 and the program will not work with it. Do I have to buy an old version
of Word just to make this work, or is there a cheaper way?

 

[Jay Freedman]

I am using a program that can convert its information so that I can
print and see more clearly. The problem is, it wants word 97 or word
xp. I have word 2003 and the program will not work with it. Do I have
to buy an old version of Word just to make this work, or is there a
cheaper way?

There's no way for us to know. The other program (you didn't even say what
it was) may simply have the expected versions of Word hard-coded inside it.
If so, and if it's old enough that it doesn't know anything about Word 2003,
it may just refuse.

Anyway, the solution is to go back to the author/publisher of the other
program and ask for an update to use it with Word 2003. There's little
enough difference between XP and 2003 that it should be no problem.

 

[Margaret Aldis]

Can you explain what you mean by "will not work" ? Does the program refuse
to run, or does the file that it creates not open, or what?