Publisher 2003 file won't open properly in 2007

I emailed my friend a Pub 2003 file but he cannot open it properly in Pub
2007 on his Computer. (OS Vista SP.2). The file has 2 pages but only the
first page will show, and the images & text boxes are blank with diagonal
dotted crosses.
But he also has Pub 2003 on his computer & the file opens fine in that. How
can he open the 2003 file in 2007 to show everything & convert it to Pub
2007? There's probably an easy answer but we can't figure it out.

TIA John

Could have something to do with printers. Select a different default printer in
the Printer Folder, open Publisher 2007. If it opens properly, select the
preferred printer and resave.

You don't need the physical printer to install a printer driver. There are
generic printers listed in the printer library list such as Publisher Image
Setter.

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"John Cooper" wrote in message
...
I emailed my friend a Pub 2003 file but he cannot open it properly in Pub 2007
on his Computer. (OS Vista SP.2). The file has 2 pages but only the first page
will show, and the images & text boxes are blank with diagonal dotted crosses.
But he also has Pub 2003 on his computer & the file opens fine in that. How
can he open the 2003 file in 2007 to show everything & convert it to Pub 2007?
There's probably an easy answer but we can't figure it out.

TIA John

Thanks will give that a try & report back
John

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"Mary Sauer" wrote in message
...
Could have something to do with printers. Select a different default
printer in the Printer Folder, open Publisher 2007. If it opens properly,
select the preferred printer and resave.

You don't need the physical printer to install a printer driver. There are
generic printers listed in the printer library list such as Publisher
Image Setter.

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

"John Cooper" wrote in message
...
I emailed my friend a Pub 2003 file but he cannot open it properly in Pub
2007 on his Computer. (OS Vista SP.2). The file has 2 pages but only the
first page will show, and the images & text boxes are blank with diagonal
dotted crosses.
But he also has Pub 2003 on his computer & the file opens fine in that.
How can he open the 2003 file in 2007 to show everything & convert it to
Pub 2007? There's probably an easy answer but we can't figure it out.

TIA John