Open 1998 Doc in Word 2003

[OGJon]

When trying to open a very old Word doc using W2003 I get an error that tells
me that the registry setting will not allow me to open the document. My OS
is Vista and I wonder if that has anything to do with the problem.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See "Information about certain file types that are blocked after you install
Office 2003 Service Pack 3"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938810. You want to use Method 1.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org