Can a complex Publisher file be converted to Word?

C

Cire

I have designed a new set of stationery for the museum where I am a
volunteer using Publisher 2000 but the curator now wants all the items
converted into Word because, as he rightly says, that's the only program
most of those people likely to use it, understand.

I have tried hard to carry out this request but have been unable to do so.
The design includes a gif logo, but it is the subtlety of the placing and
spacing of the text matter that defeats me.

I imagine this must be a fairly common problem and perhaps there is another
way around it but I don't believe that Word is capable of working to the
same fine limits as Publisher.

Can anyone please help.

Many thanks

Eric
 
R

Rob Giordano \(Crash\)

stationery...like paper stuff?


--

Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage





|I have designed a new set of stationery for the museum where I am a
| volunteer using Publisher 2000 but the curator now wants all the items
| converted into Word because, as he rightly says, that's the only program
| most of those people likely to use it, understand.
|
| I have tried hard to carry out this request but have been unable to do so.
| The design includes a gif logo, but it is the subtlety of the placing and
| spacing of the text matter that defeats me.
|
| I imagine this must be a fairly common problem and perhaps there is
another
| way around it but I don't believe that Word is capable of working to the
| same fine limits as Publisher.
|
| Can anyone please help.
|
| Many thanks
|
| Eric
|
|
 
C

Cire

Rob

I think there is a terminology problem here that I hadn't realised existed.
This query of mine is from the UK where an expression like 'designing a set
of stationery' is clearly understood to be a corporate identity thing
involving letterheads, comps slips, business cards, etc. So please forgive
me for that.

Eric
 
C

Cire

Thanks Mary. Didn't know about these. Will give them a try.

I have tried copy and paste, of course, and it certainly transfers all the
text into the Word file (including correct fonts and sizes) but not arranged
in the positions that I require. This is my problem. (I am trying to
transfer a letterheading with all its complicated spacing (leading) and
positioning, to fit a typographic grid.)

Eric
 
R

Rob Giordano \(Crash\)

No, that's fine that's what I understood it to be (90%) the other 10% of my
brain was saying...Why convert to Word...maybe they're trying to do
electronic stationery (like for Outlook sigs) - as I can see no advantage to
converting to dtp files to Word.

So I gotta ask; Why convert to Word? IMO, you're likely to have people that
shouldn't change designs...well, change designs on you. Word layouts (again
IMO) can be easily messed up and difficult to manage.


--

Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage





| Rob
|
| I think there is a terminology problem here that I hadn't realised
existed.
| This query of mine is from the UK where an expression like 'designing a
set
| of stationery' is clearly understood to be a corporate identity thing
| involving letterheads, comps slips, business cards, etc. So please forgive
| me for that.
|
| Eric
|
|
|
| | > stationery...like paper stuff?
| >
| >
| > --
| >
| > Rob Giordano
| > Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > | > |I have designed a new set of stationery for the museum where I am a
| > | volunteer using Publisher 2000 but the curator now wants all the items
| > | converted into Word because, as he rightly says, that's the only
program
| > | most of those people likely to use it, understand.
| > |
| > | I have tried hard to carry out this request but have been unable to do
| so.
| > | The design includes a gif logo, but it is the subtlety of the placing
| and
| > | spacing of the text matter that defeats me.
| > |
| > | I imagine this must be a fairly common problem and perhaps there is
| > another
| > | way around it but I don't believe that Word is capable of working to
the
| > | same fine limits as Publisher.
| > |
| > | Can anyone please help.
| > |
| > | Many thanks
| > |
| > | Eric
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|
 
C

Cire

You are absolutely right, Rob, I don't want to change the design to Word;
it's my boss that wants to do that because the people that will 'type' their
letters on it only understand Word (not Publisher). And the fact that they
will be able to alter the original design, even unintentionally, worries me
too

Eric!
 
E

Ed Bennett

Cire said:
You are absolutely right, Rob, I don't want to change the design to Word;
it's my boss that wants to do that because the people that will 'type' their
letters on it only understand Word (not Publisher). And the fact that they
will be able to alter the original design, even unintentionally, worries me
too
Click to expand...

Export it as an image and place it in the header of a Word template,
setting the text wrap options appropriately.

(Of course, the reason that stationery is called stationery is because
it is printed out on paper. The letterhead is normally printed in bulk
and then the letter is overprinted from a Word document containing
nothing but the text. This prevents editing (intentional or not), and
brings costs down as the letter can be printed in B&W.)
 
R

Rob Giordano \(Crash\)

Tell her that's just plain stupid :)....they'll wack out a Word layout in a
minute. Try what Ed suggested, or even output to a pdf with a fillable
area - maybe that will work too.

--

Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage





| You are absolutely right, Rob, I don't want to change the design to Word;
| it's my boss that wants to do that because the people that will 'type'
their
| letters on it only understand Word (not Publisher). And the fact that
they
| will be able to alter the original design, even unintentionally, worries
me
| too
|
| Eric!
|
|
|
| | > No, that's fine that's what I understood it to be (90%) the other 10% of
| my
| > brain was saying...Why convert to Word...maybe they're trying to do
| > electronic stationery (like for Outlook sigs) - as I can see no
advantage
| to
| > converting to dtp files to Word.
| >
| > So I gotta ask; Why convert to Word? IMO, you're likely to have people
| that
| > shouldn't change designs...well, change designs on you. Word layouts
| (again
| > IMO) can be easily messed up and difficult to manage.
| >
| >
| > --
| >
| > Rob Giordano
| > Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > | > | Rob
| > |
| > | I think there is a terminology problem here that I hadn't realised
| > existed.
| > | This query of mine is from the UK where an expression like 'designing
a
| > set
| > | of stationery' is clearly understood to be a corporate identity thing
| > | involving letterheads, comps slips, business cards, etc. So please
| forgive
| > | me for that.
| > |
| > | Eric
| > |
| > |
| > |
| message
| > | | > | > stationery...like paper stuff?
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | >
| > | > Rob Giordano
| > | > Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > | > | > |I have designed a new set of stationery for the museum where I am a
| > | > | volunteer using Publisher 2000 but the curator now wants all the
| items
| > | > | converted into Word because, as he rightly says, that's the only
| > program
| > | > | most of those people likely to use it, understand.
| > | > |
| > | > | I have tried hard to carry out this request but have been unable
to
| do
| > | so.
| > | > | The design includes a gif logo, but it is the subtlety of the
| placing
| > | and
| > | > | spacing of the text matter that defeats me.
| > | > |
| > | > | I imagine this must be a fairly common problem and perhaps there
is
| > | > another
| > | > | way around it but I don't believe that Word is capable of working
to
| > the
| > | > | same fine limits as Publisher.
| > | > |
| > | > | Can anyone please help.
| > | > |
| > | > | Many thanks
| > | > |
| > | > | Eric
| > | > |
| > | > |
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|
 
C

Cire

Thanks, Ed, but just one quick question. I understand what you are getting
at but in which program does one 'export it (a letterheading) as an image'?

Forgive my ignorance but I don't understand how one exports text as an
image. I understand how to export a picture in Photoshop or PSP but both
these programs refuse to export (or import) text (for me!) .

Eric
 
M

Mary Sauer

Group whatever part of the publication you want as an image, right-click, save
as a picture in a convenient folder. There will be choices for format and
resolution. Or save the entire publication as an image, save as, scroll down to
the image types in the "files of type."

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/


Cire said:
Thanks, Ed, but just one quick question. I understand what you are getting
at but in which program does one 'export it (a letterheading) as an image'?

Forgive my ignorance but I don't understand how one exports text as an
image. I understand how to export a picture in Photoshop or PSP but both
these programs refuse to export (or import) text (for me!) .

Eric
Click to expand...
 
M

Mary Sauer

Look here, Suzanne has put together a web page that will help.

http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/


Cire said:
Thanks, Ed, but just one quick question. I understand what you are getting
at but in which program does one 'export it (a letterheading) as an image'?

Forgive my ignorance but I don't understand how one exports text as an
image. I understand how to export a picture in Photoshop or PSP but both
these programs refuse to export (or import) text (for me!) .

Eric
Click to expand...
 
C

Cire

That looks fascinating, Mary. I do appreciate your kind help.

It will obviously take a while for me to digest that lot, particularly as I
never use Word anyway, but I shall give it a good try.

Thanks again.

Eric
 

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