publisher 2000 with publisher 2003 file

i'm assuming from an error

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can not open other version

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means micro$oft didn't make publisher products backwards compatible. i have a publisher 2003 file i want to open, but i only have a full professional 2000.
i guess this is another money trick to make you pay for the new version, but does anyone know if micro$oft was kind enough to make a converter or upgrade for the old publisher 2000 so it can view and alter publisher 2003 files? i have check the support site for publisher 2000, but microsoft has limited support. you would think if you pay $400 for a software, the would protect your interest and allow backword compatibility with newer versions.
any help would be appreciated.

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:p

its not a web document.
i have dream weaver studio 2004 for that
i'm trying to get a friend up and running.
she has a class were they create publications for print

You can often open documents that were saved in an old version, but you usually can't open a document that was created in a newer version. Publisher is one of the worst in this regard. I'm afraid you probably will not find an upgrade to your Publisher version. And you don't have to pay $400 for an upgrade if you just want to upgrade Publisher... you could probably find a good version of it online somewhere for less than $30.

i was afraid of that.
i was hoping for a free plugin.
there i go thinking money wasn't an issue in the world
*image of a free world slowly drips out of head*