Publish and Word

[John]

Does anyone know if there is a way to save or convert a
Publisher file to Word format?

I sometimes need to email a publication to others who do
not have Publisher, but they do have Word. I can find no
way to do this within Publisher.

 

[Perdita X. Dream]

Does anyone know if there is a way to save or convert a
Publisher file to Word format?

I sometimes need to email a publication to others who do
not have Publisher, but they do have Word. I can find no
way to do this within Publisher.

No one cannot save a Publisher file as a Word document - the best thing to
do would be to purchase a PDF application and print it to PDF. Please see
some of the suggestions at http://www.mvps.org/publisher/sharing.html.

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[Randall Arnold]

Not a problem. Any Publisher document can be saved as RTF or even HTML.
You don't necessarily need to make a PDF as was suggested in another
response.

Randall Arnold

 

[Randall Arnold]

Addendum: the Publisher 2003 beta also possesses the ability export directly
to a Word DOC file, from Word version 97 up. I don't have immediate access
to a previous version of Publisher so I can't tell you if DOC export is
available in other than 2003-- but surely you can check the options
available to you in your version when performing a "Save As".

Randall Arnold

 

[Ed Bennett]

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Not a problem. Any Publisher document can be saved as RTF or even
HTML. You don't necessarily need to make a PDF as was suggested in
another response.

Although PDF is the best way to go.

 

[Ed Bennett]

After managing to set up OE-QuoteFix on his new PC, Ed reads a message

Does anyone know if there is a way to save or convert a
Publisher file to Word format?

I sometimes need to email a publication to others who do
not have Publisher, but they do have Word. I can find no
way to do this within Publisher.

Not everyone has Word. Word is not available for free, and Word does not
support all of Publisher's formatting.
PDF is the way to go. It supports anything that can be printed, and there
is a free reader that is distributed with almost everything with an online
manual, and that is also available online.

 

[Brett...]

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Although PDF is the best way to go.

Not if you want to edit the document.

 

[Ed Bennett]

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Not if you want to edit the document.

In that case, the recipient should get Publisher.

 

[Randall Arnold]

Why would that be?

Randall Arnold

After managing to set up OE-QuoteFix on his new PC, Ed reads a message


Although PDF is the best way to go.

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[Perdita X. Dream]

I think I'd stick with RTF, unless you have a good reason why not...?

Randall Arnold

Er, maybe because RTF stands for Rich TEXT Format and any graphics will not
be carried over.

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[Ed Bennett]

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I think I'd stick with RTF, unless you have a good reason why not...?

Because it, like DOC, does not preserve layout properly.

 

[Randall Arnold]

I'm well-aware of what the RTF format is.

Graphics may or may not be an issue in this user's case. And if they are,
Publisher's HTML export (especially the encapsulated version) supports
graphics. For someone who didn't have Adobe Acrobat to make PDFs, RTF or
HTML will be the better option of the 3.

In addition, contrary to your prior statement, Publisher 2003 (at the least)
can export to the Word DOC format.

Randall Arnold

 

[Ed Bennett]

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I think you guy's are getting far afield of the user's original post.

If layout preservation was the issue, odds are Publisher would exist
at both ends.

Not in my experience.
Generally, someone wants to send their publication to someone (their boss, a
friend) who does not have Publisher to look over, or they are the recipient.
The whole point of using Publisher is to get layout. There's no point in
completely screwing up your layout to show your boss/friend what it looks
like. PDF preserves layout.
Also, the DOC export available in Publisher 2000 - 2003 only exports the
text from the publication.

 

[Randall Arnold]

You're right, depending on the need... the poster was too ambiguous (gee,
I'm starting to sound like our favorite malcontent! LOL). Everything
depends on intent.

Randall Arnold

 

[Ed Bennett]

After managing to set up OE-QuoteFix on his new PC, Ed reads a message

You're right, depending on the need... the poster was too ambiguous
(gee, I'm starting to sound like our favorite malcontent! LOL).
Everything depends on intent.

I just like to get people out of the habit of sending everything as .doc
assuming that everyone has Word.
*Especially* pictures. There's nothing worse than someone sending a JPG
inside a .DOC file, saying they've sent you a picture.

 

[Randall Arnold]

You're right, that would be asinine!

I'm looking forward to SVG read/write in Visio 2003. Wonder how long before
all MS apps have it built-in, including Explorer...

Randall Arnold

 

[°°°MS°Publisher°°°]

Randoll please toddle off back to your home for mental defectives.

Randoll why the hell they let people like you out is beyond belief. Take
old man Ed back with you as well and drop him off at the home for senile
geriatrics.

If you want to send an un-editable document to somebody else the MSMODIW
does a magic job. Quality is great, file sizes are good. You can download
the viewer and I think the driver file from the MS Website.

--

 

[Brett...]

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In that case, the sender should not have MADE the document in
Publisher.

Not at all.
The sender may have a good reason to create in Publisher.
You are are assuming the output only needs to be in one form.

Re-read the original posting:

"I sometimes need to email a publication to others who do
not have Publisher, but they do have Word. I can find no
way to do this within Publisher."

Lots of publications need more than one output. The sender may well be paper
printing to the majority (using Publisher) and then sending a non-graphic
version by email to a few (maybe non-local) users.



--
Brett

I saw a sign at a gas station. It said "help wanted". There was
another sign below it that said "self service". So I hired myself.
Then I made myself the boss. I gave myself a raise. I paid myself.
Then I quit.

 

[Ed Bennett]

After managing to set up OE-QuoteFix on his new PC, Ed reads a message

Lots of publications need more than one output. The sender may well
be paper printing to the majority (using Publisher) and then sending
a non-graphic version by email to a few (maybe non-local) users.

But if they need a paper-printing output that is not layout-orientated, they
can use Word to create it.
If they need a paper-printed output that is layout-oriented, then they
should use Publisher and not convert to Word, as their layout orientation
will be lost. Whereas if they use the PDF option, their layout will be
preserved.

 

[Randall Arnold]

Clients never seem to understand DPI. I had one send me crappy GIFs and
JPEGs he wanted to use in a Visio timeline, then asked for them to be SCALED
UP. The poor sap couldn't quite grasp why the resulting images looked like
trash. He kept wanting me to "fix" them.

Odds are he and this crabby "MS PUB" guy would get along famously...

Randall Arnold