
#MYPUBLISHER IMPORT DIME HOW TO#
However, if at some later stage you take the view that you might try Linux (Ubuntu) on your cluster of PC's so that you can benefit from more open source software I am willing to refer to how to dual boot your PC so that you can use Windows or Ubuntu 16.04 I offer no warranty that this path will work for you. OpenOffice extension MS Publisher to OOo Convert to OOo Microsoft PublisherOpenOffice Convert Publisher2OOo

It displays comprehensive interface which makes it a cinch to create the new OOo files within a few clicks. QuotePubOOo is a useful extension designed to recursively convert Microsoft Publisher documents to OOo format (Impress). Although You confirm that you have LibreOffice (version=?) installed but you might need the PubOOo extension.
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Now this requires you to install LibreOffice (which should contribute to your future workflow). doc files in the free office suite for Windows, Mac and Linux and its derivatives with installed PubOOo extension. pub files can be also opened and exported as. Most hits refer to using Publisher but of course you do not have Publisher. I want to be able to complete it and get it out without having to wait for the author to return from holiday.Īs I explained I have no use for MS PublisherĪnd I am just posting links I found by a google search which you can also do Therefore any solution which relies on using Publisher as the starting point is sadly unworkable.Īlternative strategies are for the future I have a newsletter which is 90% complete and in. pub file and no access to Microsoft Publisher. If there is only one user licence for Publisher, and the "keeper" of Publisher is away, my approach would be to adopt an open source solution such as LibreOffice and then import *.odt into Scribus? Also possibly create a dropbox account to allow collaboration in authoring content? Have I misunderstood the requirements? I understood from reading the opening post from that a multi-author workflow is required where all three PC's / authors can use the same application and not be dependent on Publisher. QuoteThis because the author is on 2 weeks holiday, and anyway his is the only PC of 3 which has Publisher so I would like us all to work with the same package.
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Is this a feature of the conversion from ".pub" or have I done something unusual?Ĭan I convert the boxes to text boxes in any way?Įdit: should have said Windows 7 64 bit as the OS. This is a two page document (A5 pages) and the first page displayed is the one with the "not text" boxes whilst the second page seems fine. This makes me think that they aren't seen as text boxes by Scribus.


However other boxes on Right Click only show Properties/F2 and I can't edit the text. I am working with these and slowly learning. Some of the boxes with text in behave as text boxes - that is, a Right Click shows Properties/F2 and Text Properties/F3. This because the author is on 2 weeks holiday, and anyway his is the only PC of 3 which has Publisher so I would like us all to work with the same package.Īnyway, the import seemed to work and I have started tinkering but I have come up against a blocker already. I have a partially written newsletter in a ".pub" file and I have imported it into Scribus 1.5.4.
