Open Office 95 Files in Office 365

[DennisHPC]

How can I get Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in Office 365 (2016) to open Office 95 files? Office 365 throws an error message that it does not support those versions anymore.

 

[Ian]

I think you may be able to open it if you go to File > Options > Trust Centre > Trust Centre Settings > File Block settings and then un-check the box next to Word 95. I tried this on my machine, but I don't have an old file to test it with. Here's a screenshot of the part you need:

It's blocked for security reasons, but you can force it to open the file if you wish (and only if you trust the file!).

Please let me know if that works .

 

[DennisHPC]

I tried this but PP will still not open *.ppt files from 1994 or Office 95. I even loaded Open Office and Libre Office - no luck either.

 

[Ian]

Does it work for Word and Excel?

If it doesn't work for PowerPoint alone (and Open Office/Libre Office can't) then you may need to find an older version of PowerPoint that can save an intermediary version. Perhaps PP 2003. If it's just a few files, I'm sure you could find someone able to convert them for you .