On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 21:44 +1200, Michael Adams wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 17:42 +0100, The Attwoods - BT wrote: > > had microsft office publisher which i used to do birthday cards /invite etc > > on. > > computer crashed when got back had openoffice .org > > > > i am a techno thicko - how do i convert publisher files to openoffice.org??? > > Further to Daniels comments. Microsoft has not released the format that > publisher saves in for any other company to write a open-file-filter. > This is a ploy of Microsofts to keep you using and updating your > Publisher copy. It is called 'vendor lock-in' and is searchable on the > Internet. > > The best option is to re-install Publisher from the original disc and > use 'Save As' to save as many .pub documents as possible to word .doc > documents or similar format. Then ditch publisher, asking the "how do i > achieve" type of questions here. > > Second best option is to put these files all on a USB memory stick, ring > around the printing/photocopy/Internet-cafe businesses in your area > asking if they have publisher and get them to convert for you. These > businesses are listed in order of likelyhood of having publisher but > which is in inverse proportion to what it will cost you. > > I have tried the online option as suggested by Bob: > http://www.zamzar.com/conversionTypes.php#documents > and had no luck with it personally. YMMV > > HTH > I have used the ZAMZAr site to convert PUB files with good success. Obviously, the output is not perfect, but it's usable.
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