can a file created and saved w/95 or 98 be opened in office 2000?

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I have an old 3.5 floppy with some files from windows 95 or 98, I can't
remember which. I now have office 2000 and want to retrieve the info from the
disk. When I try to open it it just displays gibberish.
 
Hi jc-

*Do Not* attempt to open the files directly from the floppy!!! If you have
tried to do so the files may be damaged already, but hopefully not.

Copy the files from the floppy to your hard drive, then use File>Open (or
equivalent) from within Word to open the files. If they still appear as
'gibberish', they may be corrupt or it might be a font problem. If they are
readable, Save any changes to the respective copies on your HD, then use
Windows to copy back to a removable disk if necessary.

The same applies to _any_ removable media... Zips, CDs, DVDs, but floppies
are among the worst offenders.

If there are any files that the above approach will still not open, you can
try File>Open and change the 'Files of type:' at the bottom of the dialog box
to 'Recover text from any file' as another option.

Good Luck |:>)
 

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