If necessary, switch to the drive and folder where you want to save the publication.
Save as Microsoft Publisher 2000
When you save a publication in Microsoft Publisher 2000 file format, the following features are either not supported or are only partially supported.
Font and Printing Features | |
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More than two spot colors | Not supported. Additional spot colors (other than black and the first two spot colors) are converted to tints of gray and are moved to the black plate. |
Spot plus process color | Not supported. Publications of this type are converted to process color publications. |
Formatting, layout, and graphic features | |
Dashed lines | Partially supported. Dashed lines are converted to the closest Publisher 2000 match. |
Connectors | Not supported. Connectors will be converted to lines. |
Arrows | Partially supported. Arrows are converted to the closest Publisher 2000 match. |
Custom shapes and callouts | Partially supported. Some shapes and callouts will be converted to the closest Publisher 2000 match. Those that can't be closely matched will become pictures. |
Fill effects, including patterns, tints, shades, gradients, and textures | Partially supported. Fill effects will be converted to the closest Publisher 2000 match. |
Inline objects | Not supported. Inline objects will appear in their own frame, separate from text. |
Headers and footers | Not supported. Headers and footers will be removed. |
Wizards and designs | Partially supported. If you want to revise your publication, any wizards, designs, and design elements that are new in Publisher 2002 can't be used. |
Web features | |
Multiple backgrounds | Not supported. The backgrounds for all Web pages are converted to match the background on the first page. |
Horizontal rules | Not supported. Horizontal rules will be removed. |
Save as Microsoft Publisher 98
When you save a publication in Microsoft Publisher 98 file format, the following features are either not supported or are only partially supported in addition to those listed above under Save as Microsoft Publisher 2000.
Font and Printing Features | |
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Fonts | Partially supported. Fonts can be used in Publisher 98 only if Publisher 2002 has been installed. |
Font embedding | Not supported. The same fonts are used in your publication, but they're no longer embedded. |
Process color | Not supported. CMYK and PANTONE are converted to RGB colors. Process-color printing is changed to desktop printing. |
Object and document trapping | Not supported. All trapping information is lost. |
Advanced PostScript printer settings | Not supported. All advanced PostScript printer settings are lost. |
Formatting, layout, and graphic features | |
Dashed lines | Not supported. Dashed lines are converted to non-dashed lines of the same width. |
Date and time information | Partially supported. The date and time continue to update automatically if they've been set to do so, but the format is probably lost. If you've inserted the date and time as plain text, the formatting will be preserved. |
Custom color schemes | Partially supported. Custom color schemes you name in Publisher 2002 appear as "(Custom)." |
Recolor picture | Partially supported. Only one color is supported. If you chose to keep black parts as black, they are changed to the one supported color. |
Clip art | Partially supported. Publisher clip art currently in your saved document is not lost. But if you want to revise your publication, you can use new clip art only if Publisher 2002 is installed. |
Flipped graphics | Not supported. Flipped graphics are converted to their original orientation. |
Linked graphics | Not supported. All linked graphics become embedded. |
Publication layout | Partially supported. The publication is laid out according to your default printer settings. This may result, for example, in changed line breaks in text frames. |
Mail merge features | |
Mail merge with Microsoft Outlook | Not supported. |
Mail merge with Microsoft Office programs | Partially supported. Mail merge with data from Microsoft Office 97 files is supported. To use a data file created in a later version of an Office program, first save the file in that program's Office 97 file format. |
Web features | |
Web site language encoding | Partially supported. The Web site language encoding selected in the current version of Publisher 2002 might be converted to the best compatible coding in Publisher 98. |