Viewing a .PUB file

[MValentine]

I need to view a Publisher file that a client is emailing
to me on a weekly basis. I do not have Publisher. Is their
an application which will allow me to "view only" a
Publisher file. I am not needing the edit or creation
capabilities. I am trying to avoid having to purchase a
copy of Publisher.

Thanks

 

[Mary Sauer]

Have your client send it as a PDF file. There is no viewer available for Publisher.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

No, sorry, there isn't. But there are a few options - provided you only need
to read and not edit the file.

(1) Ask your client to send you the file as a .pdf. If the client doesn't
have Acrobat, you can tell him to download PrimoPDF, a free program. there
are other programs as well but I rather like the price of Primo.

(2) I've heard you can request a trial copy of Pub 2003 and after the trial
time runs out it acts as a viewer. (I do not know anyone who has tried this
so I can't guarantee it will work.)

(3) Ask the client to use a program you already have.

(4) Buy Publisher - it's a really great program!


Regardless of what you do, I'll suggest both you and your client read
http://www.microsoft.com/office/previous/xp/columns/column16.asp. It says it
applies to Pub 2002 but it also applies to 2003 as well.

 

[MValentine]

Thank you for the response. I have already looked at
having the file exported in another format. However I am
trying to add as little work as possible to the party who
is sending the file. Not very computer knowledgeable.
I do not wish to purchase Publisher. I am already using a
publishing application, Serif PagePlus, which I am very
satisfied with.

Thanks Again

-----Original Message-----
No, sorry, there isn't. But there are a few options - provided you only need
to read and not edit the file.

(1) Ask your client to send you the file as a .pdf. If the client doesn't
have Acrobat, you can tell him to download PrimoPDF, a free program. there
are other programs as well but I rather like the price of Primo.

(2) I've heard you can request a trial copy of Pub 2003 and after the trial
time runs out it acts as a viewer. (I do not know anyone who has tried this
so I can't guarantee it will work.)

(3) Ask the client to use a program you already have.

(4) Buy Publisher - it's a really great program!


Regardless of what you do, I'll suggest both you and your client read
http://www.microsoft.com/office/previous/xp/columns/column 16.asp. It says it
applies to Pub 2002 but it also applies to 2003 as well.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I need to view a Publisher file that a client is emailing
to me on a weekly basis. I do not have Publisher. Is their
an application which will allow me to "view only" a
Publisher file. I am not needing the edit or creation
capabilities. I am trying to avoid having to purchase a
copy of Publisher.

Thanks

---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.754 / Virus Database: 504 - Release Date: 9/6/2004


.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Looks like Primo is going to be the way to go. It's a hefty download (10 MB)
but well worth the investment in time.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Thank you for the response. I have already looked at
having the file exported in another format. However I am
trying to add as little work as possible to the party who
is sending the file. Not very computer knowledgeable.
I do not wish to purchase Publisher. I am already using a
publishing application, Serif PagePlus, which I am very
satisfied with.

Thanks Again

-----Original Message-----
No, sorry, there isn't. But there are a few options - provided you only need
to read and not edit the file.

(1) Ask your client to send you the file as a .pdf. If the client doesn't
have Acrobat, you can tell him to download PrimoPDF, a free program. there
are other programs as well but I rather like the price of Primo.

(2) I've heard you can request a trial copy of Pub 2003 and after the trial
time runs out it acts as a viewer. (I do not know anyone who has tried this
so I can't guarantee it will work.)

(3) Ask the client to use a program you already have.

(4) Buy Publisher - it's a really great program!


Regardless of what you do, I'll suggest both you and your client read
http://www.microsoft.com/office/previous/xp/columns/column 16.asp. It says it
applies to Pub 2002 but it also applies to 2003 as well.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I need to view a Publisher file that a client is emailing
to me on a weekly basis. I do not have Publisher. Is their
an application which will allow me to "view only" a
Publisher file. I am not needing the edit or creation
capabilities. I am trying to avoid having to purchase a
copy of Publisher.

Thanks

---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.754 / Virus Database: 504 - Release Date: 9/6/2004


.

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MSFT MVP]]

Hi MValentine ([email protected]),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| Thank you for the response. I have already looked at
|| having the file exported in another format. However I am
|| trying to add as little work as possible to the party who
|| is sending the file. Not very computer knowledgeable.
|| I do not wish to purchase Publisher. I am already using a
|| publishing application, Serif PagePlus, which I am very
|| satisfied with.

Or order the trial of Publisher as JoAnn mentioned before.
http://www.microsoft.com/Office/publisher/prodinfo/trial.mspx
$7.95
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
~pay it forward~

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

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

Seems almost all the options have been given.

Here's one more.

The person sending you the file, if a single page have them copy it,
paste into MS Paint and send a jpg file.

Why not save as a jpeg from within Publisher?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

The OP didn't state the version her client uses. Could be 2000.

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

Some of ol folks are still using Pub 2000 and earlier and don't have
that luxury.

Good point and one I realised when I checked our version at work (been using
2002/3 so long I'd forgotten that 2000 and earlier didn't have that option!)

And you lot really need to join the 21st century and upgrade to 2002 at
least - you're not even running Windows XP, are you Don? ;o)

Me

 

[Ed Bennett]

A small child turns to Ed, and exclaims: "Look! Look! A post from Don

And a real irritant is buying an operating system that may lead to
asking permission to reinstall it some Sunday morning at 2 AM and
getting Sabu who is a half a page ahead of you in some manual.

That only occurs if you make major hardware changes, and even that leads to
a simple phone call to the activation center (I have used phone activation -
very painless - but I haven't tried talking to the support personnel there
as it was entirely automated - if the activation fails, you are transferred
to an operator, but that has never been necessary to me so I can't rate the
personnel)
I have never had to reactivate Windows on any machine apart from one where I
reinstalled Windows with a new product key.