[plug] pub files

[Alex Polglaze]

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>> G'day All,
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>> I have just been sent a .pub file.
>>
>> I can't seem to get OO to open it. Is there anything other than MS 
>> Publisher that I can work with?
>>
>> thanks
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>> Alex
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>
> What exactly do you want to do with the file? Do you want to modify 
> it, or just view it?
>
> If you just want to view it, then someone will probably be able to 
> open a copy with a copy of MS Publisher installed on their system (I 
> have a copy on my laptop), and export it to a PDF file.
>
> That would simply be a matter of arranging to meet, with you having a 
> copy of the file(s) on some medium such as a USB key or a rewritable CD.
>
> Otherwise, so far, no-one has been able to open MS Publisher files 
> with any other application, as far as I am aware.
>
> Oh, and the copy of MS Publisher that is used to access the file, 
> would probably need to be at least as recent as the version used to 
> create the file. The version of MS Publisher, that was used to create 
> the file, would probably need to be known.
>
> It is probably best to recommend that people stay away from MS 
> Publisher, and instead use scribus (www.scribus.net). scribus is 
> available for Linux, MS Windows, and Mac OSX.
Thanks everybody.

My google searching gave me that result as well, so I thought there may 
be some cutting edge knowledge available. I will get the supplier to 
save it as a .pdf


Alex