Converting old files to work in Word 2003 Rick E 12/6/2008 1:36:00 AM I have many Word files created before 1991. Word 2003 won't open them. It gives me the following message: "You are attempting to open a file created in an earlier version of Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from opening in this version by your registry policy setting." How can I change the registry policy setting, or alternatively convert the old files so that they are available in Word 2003? -- Rick E

Re: Converting old files to work in Word 2003 Jay Freedman <jay.freedman[ at ]verizon.net> 12/6/2008 4:25:21 AM On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 17:36:00 -0800, Rick E <RickE[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >I have many Word files created before 1991. Word 2003 won't open them. It >gives me the following message: "You are attempting to open a file created in >an earlier version of Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from >opening in this version by your registry policy setting." > >How can I change the registry policy setting, or alternatively convert the >old files so that they are available in Word 2003? See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938810. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.