IT Queries: Computer problems answered

I have Publisher 2000 and have received an email attachment which is showing in it’s properties that it is Publisher 2000 as well.  However, repeated attempts to open it result in “Publisher cannot open files from a different version”.

The problem is that the attachment has the .pub suffix so the computer recognizes it as a Publisher file but because it’s been created in a different version your machine can’t actually read it.

Microsoft have never got around to creating a Publisher reader tool or converter pack like they have with Office applications which makes it difficult in these situations.

All I can suggest is to ask the sender to save the document into a different format, say .jpg or .pdf  and send it again.

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