Publisher Viewer

[Wagnerfred]

Suggest making Publisher Viewer similiar to PowerPoint Viewer so others may
view Publisher documents in their original format. Almost no other users of
Microsoft Office products have Publisher.

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[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I don't think that's going to happen for quite some time, if ever. We
usually suggest using .pdf files for viewers without Publisher.

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

Desktop Publishing programs follow conventions all of their very, and for
this reason there is no simple viewer capability.. to see any file produced
by the genre requires the full program that originated the file..

PrimoPDF is a free program that will convert any document into a PDF format
readable by anybody who has Adobe Reader installed.. it is difficult not to
have Adobe reader installed these days, as it is included with software
supplied with hardware to enable help and information files to be read..

For more on PrimoPDF.. http://www.primopdf.com/

I use it myself, and it works well..

 

[william.pease]

Mike, I'll bow to your status as a MS MVP any day, but I disagree with
your choice of favorite free PDF converting programs.

I use PDF995 (which is also free), so seeing your preference for
PrimoPDF I also downloaded it and with BOTH programs converted to .pdf
the .doc file (from Microsoft PUBLISHER) of the first page of my latest
Class of 1952
high school newsletter. Then I printed each out on the same paper with
the same printer settings.

The results were that the conversion using the PDF995 program was
clearly better:
(1) small, 6 pt. type, was darker & crisper,
(2) color photos were considerably sharper. Indeed, a photo of a
newspaper editorial in .jpg
format converted using PrimoPDF was practically unreadable--all fuzzy--
whereas the same
photo converted using PDF995 was crisp and clear.
(3) color photos of people were much sharper.

I would definitely suggest that you make a similar comparison.

I think you'll also find that PDF995 is also much more versatile than
PrimoPDF.

PDF995 can be accessed at www.PDF995.com. I have no relation with it
other than as a happy (& free) user.

Bill Pease
Lancaster, PA (which is a very sad place today as we bury 5 little
girls)

 

[John Inzer]

Mike, I'll bow to your status as a MS MVP any day, but I
disagree with your choice of favorite free PDF converting
programs.

I use PDF995 (which is also free), so seeing your
preference for PrimoPDF I also downloaded it and with
BOTH programs converted to .pdf the .doc file (from
Microsoft PUBLISHER) of the first page of my latest Class
of 1952
high school newsletter. Then I printed each out on the
same paper with the same printer settings.

The results were that the conversion using the PDF995
program was clearly better:
(1) small, 6 pt. type, was darker & crisper,
(2) color photos were considerably sharper. Indeed, a
photo of a newspaper editorial in .jpg
format converted using PrimoPDF was practically
unreadable--all fuzzy-- whereas the same
photo converted using PDF995 was crisp and clear.
(3) color photos of people were much sharper.

I would definitely suggest that you make a similar
comparison.

I think you'll also find that PDF995 is also much more
versatile than PrimoPDF.

PDF995 can be accessed at www.PDF995.com. I have no
relation with it other than as a happy (& free) user.

Bill Pease
Lancaster, PA (which is a very sad place today as we bury
5 little girls)

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[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Bill,

I share your grief. I'm on the other side of the river and have had their
families on my mind for the last several days.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Mike, I'll bow to your status as a MS MVP any day, but I disagree with
your choice of favorite free PDF converting programs.

I use PDF995 (which is also free), so seeing your preference for
PrimoPDF I also downloaded it and with BOTH programs converted to .pdf
the .doc file (from Microsoft PUBLISHER) of the first page of my latest
Class of 1952
high school newsletter. Then I printed each out on the same paper with
the same printer settings.

The results were that the conversion using the PDF995 program was
clearly better:
(1) small, 6 pt. type, was darker & crisper,
(2) color photos were considerably sharper. Indeed, a photo of a
newspaper editorial in .jpg
format converted using PrimoPDF was practically unreadable--all fuzzy--
whereas the same
photo converted using PDF995 was crisp and clear.
(3) color photos of people were much sharper.

I would definitely suggest that you make a similar comparison.

I think you'll also find that PDF995 is also much more versatile than
PrimoPDF.

PDF995 can be accessed at www.PDF995.com. I have no relation with it
other than as a happy (& free) user.

Bill Pease
Lancaster, PA (which is a very sad place today as we bury 5 little
girls)

 

[Steve]

I appreciate the difficulty of a viewer for publisher. Unfortunately,
sometimes one stumbles upon a *.pub document and the author is not available
to convert it to pdf.
I would like to suggest that Microsoft could offer a service, hopefully free
or at nominal cost, to upload the *.pub file to Microsoft, and get a viewable
version of the file, hopefully a *.pdf file, but at least a *.jpg file in
return. This should be relatively easy, cheap, take only 10 minutes or less,
and earn more good will than an equivalent number of advertising dollars.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

We normally suggest that anyone who gets the occasional .pub file download
the free trial of Publisher. After it expires, you have a viewer.

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JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

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