[scribus] MS Publisher

[John Culleton]

On Thursday 22 July 2010 09:04:03 Ray wrote:
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> On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:37:43 +0930
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> "Ray" <risely at tadaust.org.au> dijo:
> >OK, Page Plus is not free, but the time taken to produce 
good pages,
> >costs money too.
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> Can PagePlus import Publisher files? If so, is it cheaper than
> Publisher? Is there a Linux version?
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> No PagePlus  can not import MS Publisher files as such, but 
it is cheaper
> and far more versatile & it will produce .pdf files.
> Ned
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Given those drawbacks one may as well go to a free Open 
source product such as Scribus, Lyx, TeX or Open Office, in 
that order of preference. 

If someone will send me a sample MSPublisher file I will see 
if I can extract the text from it.  The formatting and illos are a 
lost cause I fear.
-- 
John Culleton
Wexford Press
"Create Book Covers with Scribus"
Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95
http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html