[scribus] Opening MS Publisher files

[Philip Ward]

  hey list, not sure if this has been mentioned?

How about downloading a trial version of windows, trial version of 
office, and puting it inside a virtual system?

that way it doesnt cost you anything to do the conversion? just your 
time to originally download the items needed? that are availble (or were 
last time i checked) from microsoft site.

from what i remember, you can even download a virtual pc from microsoft, 
not sure if the format is compatible with openbox? as ive used my old 
copy of vista, to test how effective it is etc.

phil

On 10/08/10 21:05, jwminer at accessvt.com wrote:
> On the topic of how to get Publisher files into Scribus, I think
> Trevor has to tell his friends who send him their Publisher files
> that he can't open those files, does not have a program that opens
> Publisher files, and will not spend hundreds for a computer and OS
> that could handle those files.
>
> When I was putting out newsletters, I made it clear that only TXT
> and DOC submissions would be considered. Just about everyone on
> every platform can create TXT and DOC files. You don't need
> Microsoft Word in order to produce a DOC file. So if someone wants
> to submit a file for publication, they simply MUST learn how to get
> a file into an acceptable format. As the saying goes, it's not
> rocket science, generally File menu, Save as and find the format in
> the list, or File menu, Export and find the format in the list.
>
> It's pretty standard practice to specify that only certain file
> formats are acceptable. The burden is on the producer of the files,
> not the one receiving them and certainly not on the developers of
> Scribus or any other DTP program to accommodate them.
> --Judy M.
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