[plug] Software replacement list: MS-Publisher

[Leon Brooks]

On Friday 15 November 2002 05:00 pm, Craig Ringer wrote:
> So an MS Publisher -> (anything useful, preferably EPS) converter would
> be wonderful.

No, it wouldn't. A Publisher converter that tried to guess what that 
particular user's installation of Publisher was trying to do with the layout 
would be livable (and a miracle of programming). Publisher documents edited 
on one machine may not display or print correctly on another. A major culprit 
is printers with slightly different paper margins, but nevertheless it 
sometimes drops the ball between identical machines with identical printers.

I have some print shops as customers. What the employees have to say when a 
job arrives in Publisher format isn't printable.

Cheers; Leon