[ubuntu-uk] Old Problem

2008-03-31 Thread Ken Adams
The old ugly chestnut has reared its' head again for me. The only thing left to release me from Microsoft for ever has come back to haunt me. I need to view Windows Publisher files. No editing is needed, just viewing. I haven't looked into this for sometime and an hour of googling hasn't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Old Problem

2008-03-31 Thread Paul Mellors
On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 16:57 +0100, Ken Adams wrote: The old ugly chestnut has reared its' head again for me. The only thing left to release me from Microsoft for ever has come back to haunt me. I need to view Windows Publisher files. No editing is needed, just viewing. I haven't

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Old Problem

2008-03-31 Thread Matthew Holder
Hi, If viewing is the only thing that is required, can they not send you a PDF of the publisher file? They could use the cutePDF (http://www.cutepdf.com/products/CutePDF/writer.asp) PDF printer driver, or the PDF995 printer driver. Both are freeware (I am not sure of any open source

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Old Problem

2008-03-31 Thread Sean Miller
PDF995 is shareware, not freeware. They don't restrict the use of their software but you get the nag screens etc. CutePDF is great. No nag screens either. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Old Problem

2008-03-31 Thread Dave Morley
On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 17:20 +0100, Sean Miller wrote: PDF995 is shareware, not freeware. They don't restrict the use of their software but you get the nag screens etc. CutePDF is great. No nag screens either. Sean http://www.zamzar.com/ maybe a solution (but don't quote me) I just