Hello Bruce,
On (01 Jan 98) cybercadet Bruce Wilson wrote to Phil Heberer...
 PH> ... Only MS could be arrogant enough to initially release
 PH> a word processor that *wasn't* backwards compatible! ;)
 BW> Not necessarily.  I don't know about its word processing and other
 BW> formats, but we had a heck of a time getting a Claris FileMaker 1
 BW> database into FileMaker Pro 3 format.  We had to find someone with
 BW> version 2 because 3 could read the 2 format but not the 1 format.
 BW> The 1 files had to be read and converted with 2, then the 2 files
 BW> read and converted with 3.
As you probably know by now, the problem initially with Word97 was
saving files in older formats. I would think making "assumptions" that
users would follow along in the upgrade chain is pretty arrogant too!
 I've found with quite a few programs that I had better archive the
data in a previous format before conversion, just in case anything
happens to the upgraded program and I have to revert to an earlier
version.
Cheers,
Phil
... Blessed be the pessimist for he hath made backups.
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