[ubuntu-uk] Searching for a Killer App

[Eddie Armstrong]

It seems Publisher is well known for this
 From 'http://blogs.msdn.com/jeff_bell/archive/2006/08/14/700473.aspx'
"If you have a recent copy of Publisher - Publisher 2002/XP, Publisher 
2003 or Publisher 2007 - you should be able to open all Microsoft 
Publisher files that come your way. If you collaborate with someone 
using an older version of Publisher, such as Publisher 2000 or Publisher 
98, then you will want to Save As the appropriate older format for their 
system."
"If you are co-editing a Publisher document with someone else, then you 
will both need copies of Publisher. We recognize that there are times 
when you want to share an electronic version of, for example, a brochure 
or a catalog. To support this, Publisher 2007, plus a free add-in from 
Microsoft, enable saving to PDF,"
The wonders of proprietary file formats!

As Scribus comes in Windows and Linux why not convert everybody to 
Scribus? :-) 
Not only is it free - upgrades are free too - take a look at Scribus 
1.3.4. , very nice!

Also have you tried making a PS/EPS file from Publisher and Importing to 
Scribus?
Another option is saving as HTML opening in Ooo saving in Open doc 
Format  then importing to Scribus.
Howerver I know from bitter experience that 'MS HTML' contains a lot of 
gibberish that shouldn't be there and needed to be trimmed out when I 
saved as HTML from Word then opened in Ooo.

Hope you find a way :-)
Eddie


> Whilst there are many tools out there that will act as a replacement, I am unable to find a program that will load and save MS Pub files.
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