I'm working in Office 2003 at school. I cannot open these files on my home
computer (Office 95). I get a message:file format is not valid. I've tried
read only, rename file.

Office 95 uses a different file format than Office 2003.

If it is a Word document then this converter may help:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=EN

Note the file format is the same for Word 97 - 2003.

If it doesn't work then you'll need to save your Office 2003 files in
the earlier file format (Save As type in the Save As dialog box) in
order to open them in Office 95.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Microsoft Office MVP

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"Barbonpark" <Barbonpark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4871F07E-A6DA-4161-8DD5-5D075A886205@microsoft.com...
> I'm working in Office 2003 at school. I cannot open these files on
> my home
> computer (Office 95). I get a message:file format is not valid. I've
> tried
> read only, rename file.

I downloaded the converter, but it did not help. BTW... I appreciate the
help. I've been looking for a way to resolve this problem. The school
instructor wasn't much help.

"Beth Melton" wrote:

> Office 95 uses a different file format than Office 2003.
>
> If it is a Word document then this converter may help:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=EN
>
> Note the file format is the same for Word 97 - 2003.
>
> If it doesn't work then you'll need to save your Office 2003 files in
> the earlier file format (Save As type in the Save As dialog box) in
> order to open them in Office 95.
>
> Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
> assistance by email can not be acknowledged.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Beth Melton
> Microsoft Office MVP
>
> Office 2007 Preview Site:
> http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx
> Office 2007 Community Articles/Tutorials:
> http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev...e_archive.mspx
>
> TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
> MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
>
> "Barbonpark" <Barbonpark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4871F07E-A6DA-4161-8DD5-5D075A886205@microsoft.com...
> > I'm working in Office 2003 at school. I cannot open these files on
> > my home
> > computer (Office 95). I get a message:file format is not valid. I've
> > tried
> > read only, rename file.
>
>
>

Once you've installed the converter in Word 95 turn on the
[x] Confirm Conversions on Open
setting in Tools=>Options=>General in Word
and then use File=>Open to see if it recognizes the Word 2003 file at that point.

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<<"Barbonpark" <Barbonpark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6E95848E-C0BE-4057-B04B-8A2B9AB5006B@microsoft.com...
I downloaded the converter, but it did not help. BTW... I appreciate the
help. I've been looking for a way to resolve this problem. The school
instructor wasn't much help. >>
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