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| Thread ID: 73828 | 2006-11-02 08:53:00 | MS Publisher files | Tony (4941) | Press F1 |
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| 496028 | 2006-11-02 08:53:00 | Does anyone know of freeware or trial software that will open an MS Publisher file? I have one publication that I need to open, extract the contents and then be done with. TIA |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 496029 | 2006-11-02 09:27:00 | Hi Tony. Last time I looked for similar there were no viewers for .pub files. It's a while since - but I too will be interested if anyone has located a suitable programme. At that time I found a friend who had Publisher and forwarded the document to her. I ended up buying the Pub programme and now hardly use it. | Scouse (83) | ||
| 496030 | 2006-11-02 10:38:00 | If its not confidential stuff I'd be glad to do it for you and send whatever bits you require. | Greg (193) | ||
| 496031 | 2006-11-02 18:57:00 | Wouldnt Openoffice open pub files? Since its meant to be an alternative to MS Office? I dont know . Never used it . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 496032 | 2006-11-02 19:53:00 | If its not confidential stuff I'd be glad to do it for you and send whatever bits you require.Thanks Greg, but as it is client data, it is probably not a good idea. It is not a huge amount of stuff, so if necessary I can recreate it from scratch. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 496033 | 2006-11-02 19:59:00 | Wouldnt Openoffice open pub files? Since its meant to be an alternative to MS Office? I dont know . Never used it . Good thought, but I'm not sure either . Publisher is a bit of an offshoot of Office, so maybe OO doesn't support it . I don't have it installed at the moment, but maybe I'll give that a go . |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 496034 | 2006-11-02 20:03:00 | oo will not open pub files. Either obtain publisher or get the file saved in a different format that you can open. |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 496035 | 2006-11-02 20:55:00 | Problem solved. I found out that Pagemaker has a Publisher and Quark Express converter, so I reinstalled my old version of PM 7, converted the file, and then opened the PM file in InDesign, which is where I wanted it. Bingo! Thanks everyone for the input. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 496036 | 2006-11-02 21:43:00 | For future ref you may want to check whether MS "fixed" that loophole. You may have got an early format .PUB file and later ones are different. | PaulD (232) | ||
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