link .pub files

[greenman]

I have produced a series of .pub files [Publisher 2003] for a book - each has
illustrations, footnotes etc as separate text or picture boxes. I now want
to put all the chapters into a new .pub file so that I can take the complete
book to a printer - but I can't find a way to do this!
Best 'fix' so far has been to save each chapter as a Word file and import
that into a new .pub file. But that does not deal with the pictures, which
all have to be re-inserted in the precisely correct position.
there MUST be a better way! Or is it another problem with Publisher, like
the inability to print odd and even pages on a normal A4 printer that other
software allows!

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

You can copy and paste from one Publication into another. Just open multiple
instances of Publisher. This will retain all formatting.

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

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

 

[greenman]

Thanks for that hint - it certainly helps but I don't seem to be able to
Select the Whole file for pasting across - only page by page! or am I being
stupid?

 

[greenman]

I suppose being offensive turns you on. Of course I hve STFW - also SFMS and
most other FSengines. You may be able to copy a whole publisher file into a
blank one - I can't. And I often print both sides in DTP - try a folded
booklet, printed on A4: who wants masses of blank sides? Serif handles this
beautifully.

I have produced a series of .pub files [Publisher 2003] for a book - each has

illustrations, footnotes etc as separate text or picture boxes. I now want
to put all the chapters into a new .pub file so that I can take the complete
book to a printer - but I can't find a way to do this!
Best 'fix' so far has been to save each chapter as a Word file and import
that into a new .pub file. But that does not deal with the pictures, which
all have to be re-inserted in the precisely correct position.
there MUST be a better way! Or is it another problem with Publisher, like
the inability to print odd and even pages on a normal A4 printer that other
software allows!

Methinks you need to learn what DTP is. It is *NOT* word processing. It is
layout and design. If you want to word process, use Word. If you want to
layout a book, then use Publisher.

As Publisher doesn't support footnotes/endnotes you'd be better off keeping
it in Word and adding the pictures to the Word document. I have done this
successfully in the past.

Why on *EARTH* would you need to print odd and even from a DTP application is
beyond me. I have been doing DTP for nearly 20 years and I have *never* in
all that time, needed to print odd and even. Suggest you learn the
differences between DTP and word processing. It's blatantly obvious you don't
know the difference.

Had you bothered to STFW, you'd have known how to combine Publisher files,
but I see you're another who can't wipe their own arse. Copy and paste, I
would have thought that even you could have worked that out.


The problem isn't with Publisher. The problem is 24" from the screen.

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

Thanks for that hint - it certainly helps but I don't seem to be able
to Select the Whole file for pasting across - only page by page! or
am I being stupid?

Page by Page is your only option. Sorry.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com

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

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

Page by Page is your only option. Sorry.

I should say also, if you have Adobe Acrobat, you could output the files via
PDF, then use Acrobat to merge the pages.

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

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

 

[greenman]

Brain - many thanks for your help. I'll hack it somehow - but it would be
nice if a future version of Publisher did it for me!

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

You're gonna end up with pdf's for the printer anyway...why bother putting
them all together in Publisher?
I'd just output each pub chapter to pdf and let the printer deal with the
rest. The last time I did a book (actually a phone directory thing) I
wrestled with pagination for days and the printer just ended up taking it
all apart anyway...so to speak.


| Brain - many thanks for your help. I'll hack it somehow - but it would be
| nice if a future version of Publisher did it for me!
|
| "Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]" wrote:
|
| > Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP] wrote:
| > > greenman wrote:
| > >> Thanks for that hint - it certainly helps but I don't seem to be able
| > >> to Select the Whole file for pasting across - only page by page! or
| > >> am I being stupid?
| > >
| > > Page by Page is your only option. Sorry.
| >
| > I should say also, if you have Adobe Acrobat, you could output the files
via
| > PDF, then use Acrobat to merge the pages.
| >
| > --
| > Brian Kvalheim
| > Microsoft Publisher MVP
| > http://www.publishermvps.com
| >
| > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
| > confers no rights.
| >
| >
| >
| >