Convert document to word

[Richard Mahan]

I have a document that was created with Publisher and I would like to
save it to a Word document, so others who might not have Publisher can
view it. I am not sure how to do this and would appreciate some help.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Once you convert it to Word, you defeat the purpose of using Publisher.
Convert it to a .pdf file.

 

[moily]

It might take a bit of effort but you can copy each page over separately. In
Publisher: select the entire page using your mouse to draw a box. All the
individual boxes (text, images, etc) will be surrounded. At the bottom of
the screen you'll see an icon that's basically two boxes superimposed on each
other. Click that icon and all the boxes will be set in place in relation to
each other. Copy that one whole image. In Word: Paste into the document.
Save the document. The downsides are: You'll have a fairly large file
composed of images. You'll need to do each page one at a time. The upsides:
People who don't have adobe or Publisher will be able to view your file
without downloading anything. People won't be able to change anything in
your document. You'll be able to quickly create things that Word takes
forever to do.

Hope this helps.

Once you convert it to Word, you defeat the purpose of using Publisher.
Convert it to a .pdf file.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I have a document that was created with Publisher and I would like to
save it to a Word document, so others who might not have Publisher
can view it. I am not sure how to do this and would appreciate some help.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Almost everyone has the Adobe Reader these days. There are free .pdf
creating software for those who don't have Acrobat. You can create a single
..pdf file and then the target audience sees your work as you designed it.
Plus it's all done in one step. File - Print.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

It might take a bit of effort but you can copy each page over separately.
In
Publisher: select the entire page using your mouse to draw a box. All
the
individual boxes (text, images, etc) will be surrounded. At the bottom of
the screen you'll see an icon that's basically two boxes superimposed on
each
other. Click that icon and all the boxes will be set in place in relation
to
each other. Copy that one whole image. In Word: Paste into the document.
Save the document. The downsides are: You'll have a fairly large file
composed of images. You'll need to do each page one at a time. The
upsides:
People who don't have adobe or Publisher will be able to view your file
without downloading anything. People won't be able to change anything in
your document. You'll be able to quickly create things that Word takes
forever to do.

Hope this helps.

Once you convert it to Word, you defeat the purpose of using Publisher.
Convert it to a .pdf file.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I have a document that was created with Publisher and I would like
to
save it to a Word document, so others who might not have
Publisher
can view it. I am not sure how to do this and would appreciate some
help.

 

[Ed Bennett]

In Publisher: select the entire page using your mouse to draw a box.

It's far easier to use Ctrl+A for this.

People who don't have adobe or Publisher will be able to view your file
without downloading anything. People won't be able to change anything in
your document. You'll be able to quickly create things that Word takes
forever to do.

More people have Adobe Reader or a compatible PDF viewer than have Word
or a fully-compatible Word reader.

PDF compresses more intelligently than blindly converting to an image,
resulting a smaller file more suitable for internet transmission.

 

[moily]

Excellent hint re: ctrl+a - thanx!

true re: smaller file, etc but often it's a pain in the butt to get the IT
department to download anything for you on your computer, get the signoffs,
etc. And, at least at my old workplace, the IT dept said it would cost them
money to download for business purposes - even just the reader. That's why I
mentioned the only way I knew to convert to Word.

 

[Richard Mahan]

Now this really makes sense, I tried it, and this will work for me. thanks
for all your help, Richard

Once you convert it to Word, you defeat the purpose of using Publisher.
Convert it to a .pdf file.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I have a document that was created with Publisher and I would like to
save it to a Word document, so others who might not have Publisher
can view it. I am not sure how to do this and would appreciate some help.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

..pdf files are pretty awesome, aren't they? I think everyone with Publisher
should have some sort of .pdf creating software on their system.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Now this really makes sense, I tried it, and this will work for me. thanks
for all your help, Richard

Once you convert it to Word, you defeat the purpose of using Publisher.
Convert it to a .pdf file.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I have a document that was created with Publisher and I would like to
save it to a Word document, so others who might not have Publisher
can view it. I am not sure how to do this and would appreciate some
help.