[scribus] Opening MS Publisher files

[Gregory Pittman]

On 08/07/2010 02:40 PM, a.l.e wrote:
> hi trevor,
>
>> If you'd read back through the thread you'd see that I don't have
>> Publisher. I get occasional PUB files from friends who haven't a clue
>> --- if they did they wouldn't be using Publisher in the first place.
>> Asking them to save their files in another format is like asking for
>> a loan at the bank; they don't understand the need or anyway
>> comprehension of how to do it.
>
> if you can't afford it, it means that you should not do business with people handing you publisher files. or your time to set the correct bold and italics is not worth 500 bucks.

Maybe strike a deal with your friends, they stop sending you .pub files, 
and you won't send them .sla or .odt files.

Greg