How to open a word document from 1992 in Word 2007?

[Guest]

The developers of Office 2007 appear to think that older Word documents (e.g.
from 1992) will never again be opened. I get a security issue message that I
am not allowed to open my own document from 1992 on my own computer. I am
advised to change in the registry to fix that problem. What is this?

 

[Jay Freedman]

The developers of Office 2007 appear to think that older Word
documents (e.g. from 1992) will never again be opened. I get a
security issue message that I am not allowed to open my own document
from 1992 on my own computer. I am advised to change in the registry
to fix that problem. What is this?

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

It has nothing to do with what the developers think you want to do, it's a
security hole they're trying to plug. As long as you only open your own old
documents, that should not be an issue.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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