It makes great HTML files out of publisher documents.
> The following information covers Microsoft Publisher Viewers,
> Conversions and PDF abilities.
> -----------------------------
> A. Microsoft Publisher to PDF
> -----------------------------
> You can convert and send your Publisher file to recipients in PDF format.
> All the recipient needs is a free PDF reader, such as Adobe Acrobat
> Reader 5.05, which is free from
>
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
> To convert your Publisher file, you will need a utility such as Adobe
> Acrobat 5.05
> (full version), or even a free/shareware/freeware *.pdf converter:
> pdfFactory
> http://www.fineprint.com/software/pdffactory/standard/index.html
> Win2PDF
> http://www.daneprairie.com (For Windows NT/2000/XP only)
> GhostScript
> http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ (For Windows 9x,ME,NT,XP)
> Jaws PDF Creator 5D
> http://www.pdfsoftware.com/html/download.html (for Windows 9x,ME,NT,XP)
> PDF-XChange.
> This is a very nice program that will convert files to a pdf file.
> It is more efficient in creating a smaller file size than Adobe's
> Acrobat! You can check it out at:
> http://www.docu-track.com (For Windows 9x,ME,NT,XP)
> ---------------------------------
> B. Microsoft Publisher Conversion
> ---------------------------------
> 1. If you have Adobe PageMaker 6.52 (& Plus) or 7.0, you can import
> Microsoft Publisher files.
> PageMaker 6.52 (& Plus) will import Microsoft Publisher 95 & 97 files.
> You can download the conversion utility here:
> http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/pagemaker/win/6.x/msp.exe
> PageMaker 7.00 will import Microsoft Publisher 98 & 2000 files. This
> conversion utility is included with your PageMaker 7.0 software. The
> Converter for Microsoft Publisher 1.5, a utility included with Adobe
> PageMaker 7.0, converts Publisher 95 and Publisher 97 files into PageMaker
> publications. To start the converter, double-click the MSPConv.exe file,
> which PageMaker installs by default in the following folder:
> Program Files/Adobe/PageMaker 7.0/Extras/Converter for Publisher 95-97
> 2. If you have Microsoft Word and Microsoft Publisher, you can convert
> publications either way.
> When running Microsoft Publisher 2002, you can "Import" a Word Document.
> Keep in mind that there will be some formatting loss depending on some
> advanced features in Word that Publisher cannot handle.
> To import a Word Document into Publisher 2002:
> 1. Open Microsoft Publisher 2002
> 2. Go to File>Import Word Document
> 3. Browse to your Word Document file (*.doc or *.rtf)
> 4. Click OK
> or for some preset designs:
> 1. Open Microsoft Publisher 2002
> 2. Go to File>New
> 3. Choose "Word Documents" from the Start from a Design task pane
> 4. Choose your preferred design for the Word Document
> 5. Browse to your Word Document file (*.doc or *.rtf)
> 4. Click OK
> To make a Word Document into a Publisher publication, or vice versa:
> 1. Open your document/publication (Word or Publisher)
> 2. Open your destination application to a blank page
> 3. Right click on your task bar and choose "Tile Windows Vertically"
> 4. Now, in your existing publication/document, highlight or select
> the text or objects that you want to copy into the new publication/
> document.
> 5. After the item(s) are highlighted/selected, hold down your CTRL
> key while dragging the selected/highlighted items to your new
> destination/document/publication and then release your mouse button.
> This method is a drag and drop method, allowing you to create a copy
> of what you are dragging so that the original publication/document
> stays in tact.
> This can be done with any version of Microsoft Word and any version
> of Microsoft Publisher.
> -------------------------------
> C. Microsoft Publisher Viewers:
> -------------------------------
> Unlike the Microsoft Word and PowerPoint viewers, there are no
> viewers for Microsoft Publisher.
> Publisher 1.0 through 2002 are all developed in a proprietary
> format which has some intense graphic use. Microsoft has stated
> that there are no intentions for developing a Microsoft Publisher
> Viewer.
> However, there are workarounds. These work arounds will either require
> you or the sender of the Publisher file to have access to Publisher
> or Adobe PageMaker.
> In Publisher 2002 you can:
> 1. A graphic, such as jpeg, tif, gif, etc. In Publisher 2002, go to
> File>Save As> and in the files of type choose which graphic type you
> would like to save the file as. Once saved, you can then email this
> file as an attachment. Once the recipient receives the file, they
> will be able to view this new graphic in almost any software
> application.
> 2. As an embedded html email. In Publisher 2002, go to File>Send To
> mail recipient. You will be prompted "this page only?", and choose
> yes. This will require the use of an Outlook product on your computer
> as well as the ability for the recipient to read html/rich text mail.
> The subject line is filled in with the name of the publication.
> Publisher 2002, 2000, and 98 will allow you to convert the publication to:
> 1. A gif file for recipients to open in a paint/drawing program. For
> directions visit:
> http://www.mvps.org/publisher/conversions.htm
> 2. An *.mht file. An *.mht file can be viewed by recipients using
> Microsoft Internet Explorer 6x, 5x and 4x. This also reduces file
> size for portability. For directions visit:
> http://www.mvps.org/publisher/conversions.htm
> 3. As an .html file which can be viewed in most any browser on the market,
> as long as they are version 4.x or greater. For directions, visit:
> http://www.mvps.org/publisher/conversions.htm
> Also, visit my site at http://www.mvps.org/publisher for more conversion
> and compatibility information. If you have any further questions, please
> feel free to post back and ask!
> --
> Brian Kvalheim
> Email: mspublis...@msn.com
> Microsoft Publisher MVP
> For FAQ's, Templates and More:
> http://www.mvps.org/publisher
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> "Sarah Atherton" <sarah.ather...@gbr.xerox.com> wrote in message
> news:451901c1fdb4$83b21030$b1e62ecf@tkmsftngxa04...
> > We are currently creating a newsletter. We can't seem to
> > send it electronically to those who do not also have
> > publisher. Does anyone know how this could be done? It has
> > been suggested that we could transfer the newsletter to
> > Acrobat Writer. Would this work and if so, how do we do
> > it? Thanks!
