Thanks Ted - I had a horrible suspicion that that might be the case! Ah well, back to the drawing board.
John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ted Roche > Sent: 21 May 2007 21:28 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Desktop Publishing Software > > > On 5/21/07, John Weller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A local charity I work with has been sent some Publisher files > which they > > need to open and modify. Can anyone recommend a suitable Open > Source DTP > > package that is cheap (preferably free <g>). I could Google but would > > prefer a recommendation. > > I doubt that the Publisher file format is freely-available, so they > may have trouble opening the files with anything other than Publisher. > I ran into this problem with Visio a while ago. > > Scribus is a great DTP package, free in cost and source. It will open > standard PostScript and PDF files, so if they can get their sender to > convert and retransmit, they could be in business. Assuming Microsoft > outputs standard PostScript or PDF. Ha, ha. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
