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| Thread ID: 138614 | 2014-12-26 00:17:00 | Publisher question | beetle (243) | Press F1 |
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| 1390895 | 2014-12-26 00:17:00 | Is there any other program that can open a PUB . file? We have publisher at work, and i have work to bring home on a hard drive but neither of my machine can open file, the microsoft page pops up and asks for me to either buy or have a free trial . publisher is quite expensive isnt it? any other suggestions or programs i can use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i could start new work, but if i want to put them back into the publisher prog at work i would need to save them as? |
beetle (243) | ||
| 1390896 | 2014-12-26 02:22:00 | Basically NO. You can convert a .pub file to other formats, but it wont be the same, or be able to edit it ( in most cases) You can buy publisher Example: www.ascent.co.nz But for its price you would almost be better off using Office 365 Home Pre. Example: office.microsoft.com |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1390897 | 2014-12-26 04:05:00 | Can you get the Microsoft Home Use Program through your work? $10 for Office Professional Plus 2013 must be just about the best deal going. |
b.... (7683) | ||
| 1390898 | 2014-12-26 09:29:00 | dont have the $$ at the moment, but will look into it. are those full programs? or trial progs? question if i use word to do this work and then take to work and open it - then can i save these pages to an existing PUB document or will it conflict and neither will be happy to perform back or forth at all ? :( |
beetle (243) | ||
| 1390899 | 2014-12-26 09:42:00 | Is there any other program that can open a PUB . file? We have publisher at work, and i have work to bring home on a hard drive but neither of my machine can open file, the microsoft page pops up and asks for me to either buy or have a free trial . publisher is quite expensive isnt it? any other suggestions or programs i can use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i could start new work, but if i want to put them back into the publisher prog at work i would need to save them as? The only program that will open a publisher file for editing is publisher . That's what sucks about the program . That and MS sucks at creating desktop publishing software . It looks like you can only rent publisher on a monthly basis (somewhat like Adobe CC) |
Webdevguy (17166) | ||
| 1390900 | 2014-12-26 10:05:00 | It looks like you can only rent publisher on a monthly basis (somewhat like Adobe CC) Errrrrrrrrrr NO!!! look at the first link I posted, you can buy publisher 1 off price, but its expensive that way. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1390901 | 2014-12-26 10:07:00 | :( and work insists on using it................. what other progs do similar work to publisher? insert pics and word art sort of stuff? keeping in mind im a teacher and need to be visually creative with these stories but also have a large amount of txt in them........ Thanks for the info and help so far :) |
beetle (243) | ||
| 1390902 | 2014-12-26 10:37:00 | what other progs do similar work to publisher? insert pics and word art sort of stuff? Pretty much any of the modern Office products. MS Word = Paid WPS Office ( formally Kingsoft office) = Free www.ksosoft.com Example of Writer / Word Art: 6121 Open Office ( I suspect -dont actually use open) If you install WPS office LOOK at what is pre ticked DONT just go Next , Next etc other wise it will install a couple of extra speed up type programs. question if i use word to do this work and then take to work and open it - then can i save these pages to an existing PUB document or will it conflict and neither will be happy to perform back or forth at all ? If you create something in a word style program, would pay to carry on, other wise you'll end up in a big mess. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1390903 | 2014-12-26 19:50:00 | :( and work insists on using it................. what other progs do similar work to publisher? insert pics and word art sort of stuff? keeping in mind im a teacher and need to be visually creative with these stories but also have a large amount of txt in them........ Thanks for the info and help so far :) InDesign CC from Adobe. It 100x better than publisher and it's the publishing industry standard. You will have a learning curve but it is well worth it. |
Webdevguy (17166) | ||
| 1390904 | 2014-12-26 20:48:00 | InDesign CC from Adobe. It 100x better than publisher and it's the publishing industry standard. You will have a learning curve but it is well worth it. Slight problem with that -- You have to look at the bigger picture ( or read the whole thread :p) its for work, so what ever is used at home has to be compatible with work as well. It would be a real PITA to have to convert documents back and forth each time if using different programs. Along with the comment in #5 The only program that will open a publisher file for editing is publisher So if InDesign was used, all the publisher files would have to be converted ( there is conversion software) and InDesign would have to be available at work at even more expensive -- Think we know what the chances of that happening will be ;) |
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