viewer for Publisher?

Ginny

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Apr 4, 2003, 10:55:11 AM4/4/03

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Is there a downloadable viewer so others who do not have
Publisher may view the publication? Or, is it possible
to "save as" in another format so that they can open the
file?
Thanks

David Bartosik - MS MVP

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Apr 4, 2003, 11:21:25 AM4/4/03

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With Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 and older, Microsoft has not created a
Microsoft Publisher viewer, and currently there are no plans to develop one.
Only Microsoft Publisher can open Publisher files. The only exception would
be using Adobe PageMaker 6.5 and newer to open Microsoft Publisher 97 and
newer files.

Work arounds include:
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1. Convert your Publisher file to PDF format. The recipient of your file
would need Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download). In order to convert your
Publisher publication to PDF, you would need

a. Adobe Acrobat ($249) www.daneprairie.com
b. Win2PDF (Free) www.daneprairie.com
c. GhostScript (Free) www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost
d. JawsPDF Creator ($79) www.jawspdf.com

Publisher 2002 will allow you to convert the publication to:

2. A graphic, such as jpeg, tif, gif, etc.

3. As an embedded html email.

Publisher 2002, 2000, and 98 will allow you to convert the publication to:

4. A graphic, such as jpeg, tif, gif, etc.

5. An mht file.

6. As an html file

You can find an article at the following link that explains how these
workarounds can be done:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/using/column16.asp

Post back if you have any further questions. Feel free to visit my website
at http://www.mvps.org/publisher for some great information.

Brian Kvalheim - [MS MVP]

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Apr 5, 2003, 10:12:57 AM4/5/03

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Updated response:

With Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 and older, Microsoft
has not created a Microsoft Publisher viewer, and
currently there are no plans to develop one. Only
Microsoft Publisher can open Publisher files. The only

exception would be using Adobe Pagemaker 6.5 and newer to

open Microsoft Publisher 97 and newer files.

Work arounds include:
--------------------

1. Convert your Publisher file to PDF format. The
recipient of your file would need Adobe Acrobat Reader

(free download). In order to convert your Publisher (any
version) publication to PDF, you would need a 3rd party
product similar to:

a. Adobe Acrobat ($249) www.daneprairie.com
b. Win2PDF (Free) www.daneprairie.com

c. GhostSript (Free) www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost

d. JawsPDF Creator ($79) www.jawspdf.com

2. A graphic, such as jpeg, tif, gif, etc. (Publisher
2003, 2002, 2000, 98)

3. As an embedded html email. (Publisher 2003, 2002)

4. An mht file. (Publisher 2003, 2002, 2000, 98, 97)

5. As an html file. (Publisher 2003, 2002, 2000, 98, 97)

You can find an article at the following link that
explains how these workarounds can be done:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/using/column16.asp

Post back if you have any further questions. Feel free to
visit my website at http://www.mvps.org/publisher for some
great information.

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herb zwirn

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Apr 5, 2003, 11:55:06 AM4/5/03

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FYI, I have no trouble opening Publisher 97 & 2000 images with PhotoEd &
IrfanView.

John G

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Apr 6, 2003, 4:26:13 AM4/6/03

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I do not believe you.
IRFANVIEW --No way
PhotoEd I cannot try.
OH!! You said IMAGES ..GIF or JPG
Well yes anything (?) can open them but .PUB files no such luck.
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Wot's Your Real Problem?
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Brian Kvalheim - [MS MVP]

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Apr 5, 2003, 10:06:47 AM4/5/03

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Boy, did I mess up THAT canned response. Doh!

Updated one coming.

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