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MS Office Forum / Publisher / Web Design / June 2004Downloading Publisher FIles
Is there a free MS Publisher previewer that I can download? I am a webmaster for my church, and the church secretary sends me a copy of the Church newsletter in MS Publisher format to upload to our web site. I have tried several times to convert to a web page, and I always spend lots of time reformatting the file I would like to offer a simple link to a *.pub file that anybody can download. For those users that do not have Publisher installed on their workstation, I would like to offer them a link to a site that offers a free Previewer. I know this type of software exists for Excel and Word, but I haven't bee able to find it for Publisher. Can anybody help Thank you in advance for your help. No there is no viewer. The common sharing method is to use a 3rd party pdf converter.  SignatureDavid Bartosik - MS MVP for Publisher help: www.davidbartosik.com enter to win Pub 2003: www.davidbartosik.com/giveaway.aspx > Is there a free MS Publisher previewer that I can download? I am a webmaster for my church, and the church secretary sends me a copy of the Church newsletter in MS Publisher format to upload to our web site. I have tried several times to convert to a web page, and I always spend lots of time reformatting the file. > I would like to offer a simple link to a *.pub file that anybody can download. For those users that do not have Publisher installed on their workstation, I would like to offer them a link to a site that offers a free Previewer. I know this type of software exists for Excel and Word, but I haven't bee able to find it for Publisher. Can anybody help? > Thank you in advance for your help. What some people are doing is to get the 30 day trial of Pub 2003 (if their system will support it) and use that as a viewer. David has the better idea - convert your files to a .pdf so that everyone, regardless of the hardware they own, can view your files. Plus they will be smaller. SignatureJoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] > Is there a free MS Publisher previewer that I can download? I am a webmaster for my church, and the church secretary sends me a copy of the Church newsletter in MS Publisher format to upload to our web site. I have tried several times to convert to a web page, and I always spend lots of time reformatting the file. > I would like to offer a simple link to a *.pub file that anybody can download. For those users that do not have Publisher installed on their workstation, I would like to offer them a link to a site that offers a free Previewer. I know this type of software exists for Excel and Word, but I haven't bee able to find it for Publisher. Can anybody help? > Thank you in advance for your help. I must not understand the problem. Why not just get Publisher and generte the html in the save as webpage feature? Bill needs the money, so be sure to buy a copy at retail! The only problem with this approach is the newer versions produce bloated html. But if the newsletter is onlty a few pages long, it should work just fine. You thereby avoid the.pdf file kludge (some of your viewers may not have or may not like Acrobat). We use .pdf only when absolutely necessary here. Syd >What some people are doing is to get the 30 day trial of Pub 2003 (if their >system will support it) and use that as a viewer. David has the better >idea - convert your files to a .pdf so that everyone, regardless of the >hardware they own, can view your files. Plus they will be smaller. His point is that not all of his target viewer have Publisher. I have the same situation in that I produced two newsletters and I certainly do not expect them to buy Publisher just so they can read my files electronically. .pdfs are ideal when you don't want to worry about who has what software/hardware. Use Macs? That's fine. Have an 8 year old computer - not a problem. Now days all new prebuilt systems have Acrobat Reader installed at the time of purchase - and it's been that way for several years. If any of my audience are savvy enough to build their own computers, they understand the .pdf files are commonplace. And I don't have to worry about bloated .html files. Silly me, I've been using FrontPage to do the related websites. I'm kind of funny that way - I prefer using the proper tool for the job. SignatureJoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] > I must not understand the problem. Why not just get Publisher and > generte the html in the save as webpage feature? Bill needs the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >idea - convert your files to a .pdf so that everyone, regardless of the > >hardware they own, can view your files. Plus they will be smaller. Your solution has a drawback. If you get Publisher to view Publisher files, then it follow to get Lotus 1-2-3 for 1-2-3 files, Word for Word files, Quicken for Quicken files and so forth. Using "Portable Document Format" (pdf) files you can share documents with all without difficulty. And if you able to use the free Acrobat Reader 6.01 you can have "Mike" or "Mary" read the file to you. Hmmm..... could be Syd has stock in a software supply company??? <G> SignatureDon ------- We use PDF-XChange for our pdf needs. It's available at: http://www.docu-track.com > I must not understand the problem. Why not just get Publisher and > generte the html in the save as webpage feature? Bill needs the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >idea - convert your files to a .pdf so that everyone, regardless of the > >hardware they own, can view your files. Plus they will be smaller. Umm, I merely proposed converting the newsletter to .html in Publisher, then putting that on the web. A simple and elegant solution, no? I never proposed leaving the newsletter in native Publisher file format. We use .pdf files for schematics and for certain technical documents at our website, but avoid it if a simple .html page will do the trick. Syd >Your solution has a drawback. If you get Publisher to view Publisher files, >then it follow to get Lotus 1-2-3 for 1-2-3 files, Word for Word files, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Hmmm..... could be Syd has stock in a software supply company??? <G What ever works for you is your winner. Some of the advantages of attached pdf files are: small file, they are an accepted form of file sharing, easily shared with others, (I believe html files create a file and a folder with one or more files) If you ever get an interest in pdf programs let me know and I'll share a PC Magazine article comparing ~15 pdf creating programs. Some of the information is a bit dated, i.e., PDF-XChange ver 2.5 (a 4 star tie with two others) in the comparison and has been replaced with ver 3.0 (it's Great!) Take care, SignatureDon ------- We use PDF-XChange for our pdf needs. It's available at: http://www.docu-track.com > Umm, I merely proposed converting the newsletter to .html in > Publisher, then putting that on the web. A simple and elegant [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > > >Hmmm..... could be Syd has stock in a software supply company??? <G |
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