XP doc from won't open in Word2K in W98

[DH]

Are there compatibility issues between Word docs created
in XP and Word2K in Win98? I created a doc in Word on an
XP system, and now it won't open from the floppy in Word2K
on a Win98 system. The file opens in Word2K, but has some
garbled text/symbols near the end, and then Word locks up
and won't respond. I've scanned it with NAV and it reports
as clean. Could it be the floppy? The system can't read
the "specified device" when I try to copy the file from
floppy to harddrive. Thanks for your help.

 

[purplehaz]

Word works fine in xp and 98 and are compatable with each other. It is most
likely the floppy disk. They are an old unreliable way of storing data. Use
cd-r's or only new floppies.

 

[Ken Blake]

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Are there compatibility issues between Word docs created
in XP and Word2K in Win98?

No. What operating system is used is irrelevant. The only
possible issue is with the version of Word.

I created a doc in Word on an
XP system, and now it won't open from the floppy in Word2K
on a Win98 system. The file opens in Word2K, but has some
garbled text/symbols near the end, and then Word locks up
and won't respond. I've scanned it with NAV and it reports
as clean. Could it be the floppy? The system can't read
the "specified device" when I try to copy the file from
floppy to harddrive. Thanks for your help.

If it can't read the device, the problem has nothing to do with
the file itself. You either have a bad diskette, a bad diskette
drive, or some other diskette-related problem.

There may be an incompatibility in the way the two diskette
*drives* are aligned, preventing reading of a diskette created on
the other drive.

Also read http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=140060