Is there a viewer available for download to view Publisher files?

[LPOWELL3]

Without having to purchase Publisher, is there a viewer available for
download to view Publisher files? For Version 2000? For Version 2003?

 

[Ed Bennett]

Without having to purchase Publisher, is there a viewer available for
download to view Publisher files? For Version 2000? For Version
2003?

No.

You can order the trial version of Publisher 2003, which is able to view
Publisher files from all versions since 2.0 at
http://www.microsoft.com/office/publisher/prodinfo/trial.mspx

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

Hi ,

With Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 and older, Microsoft has not created a
Microsoft Publisher viewer, and currently there are no plans to develop one.
Only Microsoft Publisher can open Publisher files. The only exception would
be using Adobe Pagemaker 6.5 and newer to open Microsoft Publisher 97 and
newer files.

Work arounds include:
--------------------

1. Convert your Publisher file to PDF format. The recipient of your file
would need Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download). In order to convert your
Publisher (any version) publication to PDF, you would need a 3rd party
product similar to:

a. Adobe Acrobat ($249) www.adobe.com
b. primoPDF (Free) http://primopdf.com/
c. Win2PDF (Free) www.daneprairie.com
d. GhostSript (Free) www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost
e. JawsPDF Creator ($79) www.jawspdf.com

2. A graphic, such as jpeg, tif, gif, etc. (Publisher 2003, 2002, 2000, 98)

3. As an embedded html email. (Publisher 2003, 2002)

4. An mht file. (Publisher 2003, 2002, 2000, 98, 97)

5. As an html file. (Publisher 2003, 2002, 2000, 98, 97)

You can find an article at the following link that explains how these
workarounds can be done:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/using/column16.asp

--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

 

[JoAnn Paules - MVP Publisher]

There is one other option that may (or may not) work. Many of us in this
newsgroup have Acrobat or another program to convert files to .pdf files. If
you only have one or two files, and they don't contain proprietary
information, you could try asking if someone would convert them for you. You
wouldn't be able to edit the file but you'd be able to see it.

Also, having .pdf software such as Acrobat or Primo only works if you can
open the file. If you don't have Publisher, you can't make a .pub file a .pdf.

(There's a subtle offer of help in there in case you missed it.)

 

[Carrie]

Without having to purchase Publisher, is there a viewer available for
download to view Publisher files? For Version 2000? For Version 2003?

I have been making business cards, bookmarks and greeting cards for people
(learning as I go along). When I want to show them the design, since they
don't have Publisher, I use Paint Shop Pro and do a screen capture of the
open (in publisher) graphic, crop it to the right size, and save as a jpg.

Of course, this would mean having a program like PSP that does screen
captures. Actually I think there's a print screen key, that might do the
same thing.

There's also the idea of printing it and scanning it, to save as a file
you can then email to anyone.

I'm far from an expert on this, but it's what I've been doing.

~ Carrie

 

[John Inzer]

I have been making business cards, bookmarks and
greeting cards for people (learning as I go along). When
I want to show them the design, since they don't have
Publisher, I use Paint Shop Pro and do a screen capture
of the open (in publisher) graphic, crop it to the right
size, and save as a jpg.

===================================
Might be worth a try to create .pdf files of your projects:

Download and install the following free PDF Creator.

PrimoPDF
http://www.primopdf.com/

With your new program installed...open your project
in Publisher and go to...File / Print.

On your Print screen...open the drop window and
select PrimoPDF as your printer.

Click...OK...now you will see the PrimoPDF screen
and you can browse to a save folder.

When you click...OK..your .pdf file will be created
in your save folder.

The resulting .pdf file can be viewed on any computer
that has the free Adobe Reader installed.

 

[Kevin Lucas]

JoAnn

This is a very kind offer and, if you're willing, I'd be very grateful for a
conversion. Would you want the file emailed to you directly? I wasn't sure I
should take up space in this group by posting files here.

Many thanks

Kevin Lucas

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Send it to my gmail account.

jl dot paules at gmail dot com

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]