How to open MS publisher in an e-mail if you do not have Publisher

[Sippy]

I have received an e-mail (in lotus Notes) with a MS Publisher attachment.
How can I read the doucment / print it?

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Sippy

You can't.. there is no Publisher file viewer.. get the sender to convert
the file to .pdf format, and then you can open it in Adobe Reader..

 

[Sippy]

Thanks

But why have Microsoft not made a viewer? Microsoft have one for the rest
of the main office products what makes publisher so special?

I have subsequently, since submitting my question, seen the comments about
taking Publisher 2003 and after 30 days you have a viewer. If it is that
easy why not just make one available?

All the best.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

That's a good question and I don't know that anyone here can explain why
Microsoft does anything.

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Sippy

To view a Publisher file, you need to have Publisher, The Application.. it
is true that after 30 days, a trial version of Publisher will lose all
abilities other than to view files, but that does not make it a Publisher
viewer per se.. where a Word or Excel viewer is quite small, Publisher is
huge and is excessively so for just wanting to view the odd Publisher file..

Why can't MS produce a Publisher viewer?.. simply because the document
formatting conventions of the application and, with all respect, all other
desktop publishing applications makes the production of a simple viewer
miniapp all but impossible..

 

[Ed Bennett]

I have subsequently, since submitting my question, seen the comments
about taking Publisher 2003 and after 30 days you have a viewer. If
it is that easy why not just make one available?

Because after the trial version expires, some unscrupulous people are able
to turn it back into the fully-functional version. This is impossible with
the Word viewers.

The main problem is that Publisher is not as common as Word, Excel, or
PowerPoint, so there is not as much potential gain from creating a viewer.

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

JoAnn

Read my reply to the OP.. of all of the Office applications, Publisher is
the only one where elements in a document do not follow simple format
convention.. unlike Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc, everything in a Publisher
document is frame based, and recreating the frames in a simple viewer isn't
going to happen any time soon.. I recognise that people see a finished
document produced in Publisher, and do not differentiate between that and
something similar produced in Word, but you were the first to tell me that
the modus operandii was very different..

<space> <space> <g> <cr>

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User

That's a good question and I don't know that anyone here can explain why
Microsoft does anything.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I just recently tried to explain to someone who was editing my newsletter
why it's not a simple thing to rearrange the content. It's not rocket
science but at this point I was two and a half weeks past my submission
deadline and I was still getting information. I wanted to go to the printer
by last week and didn't make it until Wednesday after dinner. And she wants
to move Page 12 to Page 7 and move this little article to that page, etc.

She now has Publisher on her computer so I'm thinking about going up to her
home one Saturday this Spring and giving her a taste of what it's like.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

JoAnn

Read my reply to the OP.. of all of the Office applications, Publisher is
the only one where elements in a document do not follow simple format
convention.. unlike Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc, everything in a Publisher
document is frame based, and recreating the frames in a simple viewer
isn't going to happen any time soon.. I recognise that people see a
finished document produced in Publisher, and do not differentiate between
that and something similar produced in Word, but you were the first to
tell me that the modus operandii was very different..

<space> <space> <g> <cr>

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User

That's a good question and I don't know that anyone here can explain why
Microsoft does anything.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Thanks

But why have Microsoft not made a viewer? Microsoft have one for the
rest
of the main office products what makes publisher so special?

I have subsequently, since submitting my question, seen the comments
about
taking Publisher 2003 and after 30 days you have a viewer. If it is
that
easy why not just make one available?

All the best.
--
sippy


:

Sippy

You can't.. there is no Publisher file viewer.. get the sender to
convert
the file to .pdf format, and then you can open it in Adobe Reader..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


I have received an e-mail (in lotus Notes) with a MS Publisher
attachment.
How can I read the doucment / print it?

 

[Sippy]

Mike, Ed and Jo

Thanks for your responses. I understand the issues and I guess without the
demand, although there are plenty of the smae questions on the subject,
Microsoft would not want to put the devlopment effort into finding a way of
creating something that would allow others to read, without having to fund a
copy of Publisher.

I know I never mentioned it but I have a copy of Publisher 97 but the
Publisher document that I was sent was produced in another version, so
effectively giving me the same problem.

So here is another question, how easy would it be to create a patch/fix/view
capability to allow later versions to be read by earlier versions. I
accept that some functinality may to transport backwards but at least it
might be possible to read.

Unfortunately because I was unable to find a quick fix I missed the
opportunity to comment on the document I was sent.

Again thanks for all the response, a frustarted Publisher user.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

That won't happen. It's rare that they continue to add features to an old
version, especially since there have been several versions released since
Pub 97.

The best I can do is to offer to send you a .pdf file of that document. All
you'd be able to do is look at it tho.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Send it to:

jl dot paules at gmail dot com

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

JoAnn, you could send him back a pdf of the file and at least he could do
a copy/paste of the text.


--
Don
"May your shadow be found in happy places." (Native North American)

That won't happen. It's rare that they continue to add features to an old
version, especially since there have been several versions released since
Pub 97.

The best I can do is to offer to send you a .pdf file of that document.
All you'd be able to do is look at it tho.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Mike, Ed and Jo

Thanks for your responses. I understand the issues and I guess without
the
demand, although there are plenty of the smae questions on the subject,
Microsoft would not want to put the devlopment effort into finding a way
of
creating something that would allow others to read, without having to
fund a
copy of Publisher.

I know I never mentioned it but I have a copy of Publisher 97 but the
Publisher document that I was sent was produced in another version, so
effectively giving me the same problem.

So here is another question, how easy would it be to create a
patch/fix/view
capability to allow later versions to be read by earlier versions. I
accept that some functinality may to transport backwards but at least it
might be possible to read.

Unfortunately because I was unable to find a quick fix I missed the
opportunity to comment on the document I was sent.

Again thanks for all the response, a frustarted Publisher user.



--
sippy


:

Sippy

To view a Publisher file, you need to have Publisher, The Application..
it
is true that after 30 days, a trial version of Publisher will lose all
abilities other than to view files, but that does not make it a
Publisher
viewer per se.. where a Word or Excel viewer is quite small, Publisher
is
huge and is excessively so for just wanting to view the odd Publisher
file..

Why can't MS produce a Publisher viewer?.. simply because the document
formatting conventions of the application and, with all respect, all
other
desktop publishing applications makes the production of a simple viewer
miniapp all but impossible..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


Thanks

But why have Microsoft not made a viewer? Microsoft have one for
the
rest
of the main office products what makes publisher so special?

I have subsequently, since submitting my question, seen the comments
about
taking Publisher 2003 and after 30 days you have a viewer. If it is
that
easy why not just make one available?

All the best.
--
sippy


:

Sippy

You can't.. there is no Publisher file viewer.. get the sender to
convert
the file to .pdf format, and then you can open it in Adobe Reader..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


I have received an e-mail (in lotus Notes) with a MS Publisher
attachment.
How can I read the doucment / print it?

 

[Mary Sauer]

If you need to edit your document I can convert it to Publisher 97, a lot of
formatting will be lost but you probably can fix it when you edit.

gsauer at columbus dot rr dot com