cannot open word 2003 documents in Vista home premium with word 20

As stated above I have Vista home premium with ms office 2007 but cannot open
power point or word from previous versions of word etc. Any help would be
great thanks.

What happens when you try?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"DumbAussie" <DumbAussie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> As stated above I have Vista home premium with ms office 2007 but cannot
> open
> power point or word from previous versions of word etc. Any help would be
> great thanks.

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

> What happens when you try?
>
> --
> JoAnn Paules
> MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
>
> ~~~~~
> How to ask a question
> http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
>
>
> "DumbAussie" <DumbAussie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2530133B-930B-449D-B293-3C91436A6C79@microsoft.com...
> > As stated above I have Vista home premium with ms office 2007 but cannot
> > open
> > power point or word from previous versions of word etc. Any help would be
> > great thanks.
>
>
> It just says that Windows is unable to open this file. and I know it is from Office 2003 as it is a friend of mine but I also have Office 2003 on another PC at home here and I cannot open any of the files when I send them to this computer.

Norton?
How to use Office programs with the Norton AntiVirus Office plug-in
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329820/en-us

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Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
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"DumbAussie" <DumbAussie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "JoAnn Paules" wrote:
>
>> What happens when you try?
>>
>> --
>> JoAnn Paules
>> MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
>>
>> ~~~~~
>> How to ask a question
>> http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
>>
>>
>> "DumbAussie" <DumbAussie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:2530133B-930B-449D-B293-3C91436A6C79@microsoft.com...
>> > As stated above I have Vista home premium with ms office 2007 but cannot
>> > open
>> > power point or word from previous versions of word etc. Any help would be
>> > great thanks.
>>
>>
>> It just says that Windows is unable to open this file. and I know it is from
>> Office 2003 as it is a friend of mine but I also have Office 2003 on another
>> PC at home here and I cannot open any of the files when I send them to this
>> computer.

[Syclarke]

I think this is a "feature" in Word 2007, that will protect you from all the nasty viruses in your earlier Word documents. You will get a hyperlink to a kb article that claims your administrator set policy restrictions, even though they haven't. It then gives a couple of registry edits that should allow you to open files from earlier Word versions. It requires you to enter each folder that has these files in to be entered into the registry (no subfolders allowed). I tried it with one folder and that didn't work. I think the answer is either to download the new compatibility pack or better still to download Open Office. Sorry I can't give more detail as this is all from memory.