I have a friend that has a huge investment in Microsoft Publisher files. She desperately would like to somehow be able to convert/import the projects into OpenOffice or other LINUX program like Scribus perhaps. Does anyone know of a program that can take a *.pub file and split it out into its' components or convert it into something OpenOffice or other package running under Linux can use? Thanks in advance, Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Richard Creighton wrote:
I have a friend that has a huge investment in Microsoft Publisher files. She desperately would like to somehow be able to convert/import the projects into OpenOffice or other LINUX program like Scribus perhaps.
Does anyone know of a program that can take a *.pub file and split it out into its' components or convert it into something OpenOffice or other package running under Linux can use?
Thanks in advance,
Richard
As I understand it, there is nothing else that can work with Publisher files, other than Publisher. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 21 November 2007, Richard Creighton wrote:
I have a friend that has a huge investment in Microsoft Publisher files. She desperately would like to somehow be able to convert/import the projects into OpenOffice or other LINUX program like Scribus perhaps.
Does anyone know of a program that can take a *.pub file and split it out into its' components or convert it into something OpenOffice or other package running under Linux can use?
Thanks in advance,
Richard
---------------- I don't know Publisher that well, except it's a program people shouldn't use because of how bad it is. As with most things MS, they don't leave you many outs when using their software. One of their ways of locking the user into their programs. But, I digress! ;-) If she is able to use Publisher to print out the files to a postscript file, she should be able to reuse the files in either OOo or Scribus. Scribus, now there's another train wreck! Anyway, converting them to postscript should make them easier to handle. She may still have to do a bit of tweaking, but they will at least be in a better format. good luck, Lee -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Richard Creighton wrote:
I have a friend that has a huge investment in Microsoft Publisher files. She desperately would like to somehow be able to convert/import the projects into OpenOffice or other LINUX program like Scribus perhaps.
Does anyone know of a program that can take a *.pub file and split it out into its' components or convert it into something OpenOffice or other package running under Linux can use?
the only thing I know that can give something (but extremely ugly) is to export in html jdd -- http://www.dodin.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 21 November 2007 10:19:50 Richard Creighton wrote:
I have a friend that has a huge investment in Microsoft Publisher files. She desperately would like to somehow be able to convert/import the projects into OpenOffice or other LINUX program like Scribus perhaps.
Does anyone know of a program that can take a *.pub file and split it out into its' components or convert it into something OpenOffice or other package running under Linux can use?
The only thing I've been able to do is get MS Publisher 2000 running under CrossOver Linux (currently 6.2). I'll be following the answers to your question with a great deal of interest. Actually, regardless of what others say, I do find Pubisher quite easy to use, something I can't say yet about Scribus. I wish there were more newsletter templates for it. -- Bob Smits bob@rsmits.ca A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Robert Smits wrote:
On Wednesday 21 November 2007 10:19:50 Richard Creighton wrote:
I have a friend that has a huge investment in Microsoft Publisher files. She desperately would like to somehow be able to convert/import the projects into OpenOffice or other LINUX program like Scribus perhaps.
Does anyone know of a program that can take a *.pub file and split it out into its' components or convert it into something OpenOffice or other package running under Linux can use?
The only thing I've been able to do is get MS Publisher 2000 running under CrossOver Linux (currently 6.2).
So the documents can be (painfully) converted by hand using Cut and Paste methods? OIf course, this whole situation demonstrates the problem with investing too much effort into creating data in closed formats in the first place. Your client/associate has nobody except herself to blame.
I'll be following the answers to your question with a great deal of interest. Actually, regardless of what others say, I do find Pubisher quite easy to use, something I can't say yet about Scribus. I wish there were more newsletter templates for it.
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