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MSoft Publisher to Word?
Sometimes I design labels for people, using MSoft
Publisher. But they know only MSoft Word, and will accept only this. I convert the label into PDF and then into MSoft Word. How can I convert from Publisher to Word in just one step? Peter |
MSoft Publisher to Word?
Peter Jason wrote:
Sometimes I design labels for people, using MSoft Publisher. But they know only MSoft Word, and will accept only this. I convert the label into PDF and then into MSoft Word. How can I convert from Publisher to Word in just one step? Peter I don't think the options suggested here are all that good. https://www.lifewire.com/open-pub-fi...lisher-1074669 Maybe you're already making the best of a bad situation. ******* According to this, Publisher competes with Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Publisher LibreOffice can open your .pub file, but then what ? Can you save it as a .odt ? The very first thing to check for, when opening it in LibreOffice, is seeing whether it opens in Writer or Draw. If it opens in Writer, you're laughing. If it opens in Draw, you're basically screwed (in terms of your mission to change "domains"). Publisher is a page layout tool, not a word processor. All these programs are living in their own siloed world. Even if an interchange format exists, that doesn't mean any other tool has to "respect it" and do the right thing with it. LibreOffice is the poster boy for this. You'll see many claims "oh yeah, LO can open this for you", but when you see what it's done to it, you'll gag. That's how this stuff normally works. Paul |
MSoft Publisher to Word?
Peter Jason wrote:
Sometimes I design labels for people, using MSoft Publisher. But they know only MSoft Word, and will accept only this. I convert the label into PDF and then into MSoft Word. How can I convert from Publisher to Word in just one step? Sometimes people need to be educated. Word is not the right tool and they should be told as much. |
MSoft Publisher to Word?
On 08/09/2018 10:59 PM, Peter Jason wrote:
Sometimes I design labels for people, using MSoft Publisher. But they know only MSoft Word, and will accept only this. I convert the label into PDF and then into MSoft Word. How can I convert from Publisher to Word in just one step? Peter Could you simply Cntl-A Cntl-C and then into word Cntl-V Select all, Copy then Paste into word? I've never tried it but I do a lot of copy paste from recipes on web pages and paste into word to reformat. |
MSoft Publisher to Word?
Big Al wrote:
On 08/09/2018 10:59 PM, Peter Jason wrote: Sometimes I design labels for people, using MSoft Publisher. But they know only MSoft Word, and will accept only this. I convert the label into PDF and then into MSoft Word. How can I convert from Publisher to Word in just one step? Peter Could you simply Cntl-A Cntl-C and then into word Cntl-V Select all, Copy then Paste into word? I've never tried it but I do a lot of copy paste from recipes on web pages and paste into word to reformat. We can try a test. (File is virustotal clean. SHA1 d0864b0724ea4c07ad0800069ee931d5d93513bf) https://cdn.online-convert.com/examp...ub/example.pub Mine opened in LibreOffice Draw. The HTML export option is just awful. I guess about all I could do here, is use the original Publisher (which I don't have), then make a PDF. Maybe their Word could open that. 7-ZIP opens the .pub file and makes it visible as some folders. If you needed to extract some artwork, it's a place to start, with no certainty you could go further. That example.pub file might not be complicated enough to see all the curveballs Publisher can throw. The file EscherDelayStm visible in the ZIP, seems to be an image file, but GIMP wouldn't open it (maybe because I didn't put an extension on it). From Win10 Bash shell, "file EscherDelayStm" says it's "data", which means Linux doesn't know what it is either. That's putting a damper on my fun. OK, if you remove the first 25 bytes from EscherDelayStm with a hex editor, it's a standard JPG. Which then opens in the tool of your choice. Once edited, you can put an extension on it and make it EscherDelayStm.jpg so it'll work better from File Explorer. But surely the stupid .pub has SVG or some other tricks up its sleeve. The example file above might not be showing the true colors of Publisher. Paul |
MSoft Publisher to Word?
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MSoft Publisher to Word?
On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 12:59:59 +1000, Peter Jason wrote:
Sometimes I design labels for people, using MSoft Publisher. But they know only MSoft Word, and will accept only this. I convert the label into PDF and then into MSoft Word. How can I convert from Publisher to Word in just one step? Peter 'Save As' option allows you to save as pdf, doc and many more formats. -- Jim S |
MSoft Publisher to Word?
On 10/08/2018 11:28:22, Jim S wrote:
On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 12:59:59 +1000, Peter Jason wrote: Sometimes I design labels for people, using MSoft Publisher. But they know only MSoft Word, and will accept only this. I convert the label into PDF and then into MSoft Word. How can I convert from Publisher to Word in just one step? Peter 'Save As' option allows you to save as pdf, doc and many more formats. The .doc and .docx formats will only save the text, no images. -- mick |
MSoft Publisher to Word?
On 08/10/2018 05:01 AM, Paul wrote:
Big Al wrote: On 08/09/2018 10:59 PM, Peter Jason wrote: Sometimes I design labels for people, using MSoft Publisher. But they know only MSoft Word, and will accept only this. I convert the label into PDF and then into MSoft Word. How can I convert from Publisher to Word in just one step? Peter Could you simply Cntl-A Cntl-CÂ* and then into word Cntl-V Select all, Copy then Paste into word?Â*Â*Â* I've never tried it but I do a lot of copy paste from recipes on web pages and paste into word to reformat. We can try a test. (File is virustotal clean. SHA1 d0864b0724ea4c07ad0800069ee931d5d93513bf) https://cdn.online-convert.com/examp...ub/example.pub Mine opened in LibreOffice Draw. The HTML export option is just awful. I guess about all I could do here, is use the original Publisher (which I don't have), then make a PDF. Maybe their Word could open that. 7-ZIP opens the .pub file and makes it visible as some folders. If you needed to extract some artwork, it's a place to start, with no certainty you could go further. That example.pub file might not be complicated enough to see all the curveballs Publisher can throw. The file EscherDelayStm visible in the ZIP, seems to be an image file, but GIMP wouldn't open it (maybe because I didn't put an extension on it). From Win10 Bash shell, "file EscherDelayStm" says it's "data", which means Linux doesn't know what it is either. That's putting a damper on my fun. OK, if you remove the first 25 bytes from EscherDelayStm with a hex editor, it's a standard JPG. Which then opens in the tool of your choice. Once edited, you can put an extension on it and make it EscherDelayStm.jpg so it'll work better from File Explorer. But surely the stupid .pub has SVG or some other tricks up its sleeve. The example file above might not be showing the true colors of Publisher. Â*Â* Paul I tried the Pub Test and simply did a select all and copy and then opened Libre Writer and pasted that. It looks identical. Yes, I might have to change margins as my template has 1/2 inch margins but other than that it's identical. |
MSoft Publisher to Word?
On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 12:59:59 +1000, Peter Jason wrote:
Sometimes I design labels for people, using MSoft Publisher. But they know only MSoft Word, and will accept only this. I convert the label into PDF and then into MSoft Word. How can I convert from Publisher to Word in just one step? Peter I believe the .pdf stands for portable document format. It is primarily designed to do exactly what you are attempting, namely permit a user to open a document without regard to how it was originally generated. You need to tell us why the recipient is unable to simply use the .pdf file. In my experience, applications that purport to be able to import .pdf files for further editing are iffy at best. |
MSoft Publisher to Word?
On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 12:40:59 +0100, mick wrote:
On 10/08/2018 11:28:22, Jim S wrote: On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 12:59:59 +1000, Peter Jason wrote: Sometimes I design labels for people, using MSoft Publisher. But they know only MSoft Word, and will accept only this. I convert the label into PDF and then into MSoft Word. How can I convert from Publisher to Word in just one step? Peter 'Save As' option allows you to save as pdf, doc and many more formats. The .doc and .docx formats will only save the text, no images. You're right Mick. I forgot. I usually save mine in .pdf for those who don't have M$Pub and .jpg if they are to go on a website. Everybody should be able to open .pdf and open OR edit .jpg to some extent. -- Jim S |
MSoft Publisher to Word?
On 10/08/2018 13:08:22, dave61430 wrote:
On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 12:59:59 +1000, Peter Jason wrote: Sometimes I design labels for people, using MSoft Publisher. But they know only MSoft Word, and will accept only this. I convert the label into PDF and then into MSoft Word. How can I convert from Publisher to Word in just one step? Peter I believe the .pdf stands for portable document format. It is primarily designed to do exactly what you are attempting, namely permit a user to open a document without regard to how it was originally generated. You need to tell us why the recipient is unable to simply use the .pdf file. In my experience, applications that purport to be able to import .pdf files for further editing are iffy at best. No problem with Serif PagePlus and DrawPlus, although you can only save as pdf again or the native serif format. -- mick |
MSoft Publisher to Word?
On 10/08/2018 13:21:17, Jim S wrote:
On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 12:40:59 +0100, mick wrote: On 10/08/2018 11:28:22, Jim S wrote: On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 12:59:59 +1000, Peter Jason wrote: Sometimes I design labels for people, using MSoft Publisher. But they know only MSoft Word, and will accept only this. I convert the label into PDF and then into MSoft Word. How can I convert from Publisher to Word in just one step? Peter 'Save As' option allows you to save as pdf, doc and many more formats. The .doc and .docx formats will only save the text, no images. You're right Mick. I forgot. I usually save mine in .pdf for those who don't have M$Pub and .jpg if they are to go on a website. Everybody should be able to open .pdf and open OR edit .jpg to some extent. Yes, pdf is a common format that everyone should be able to read. The original posters client wanting the file in Word format is just laziness on their part not wanting to learn other ways AFAIKS. -- mick |
MSoft Publisher to Word?
Sometimes I design labels for people, using MSoft
Publisher. But they know only MSoft Word, and will accept only this. So then.., why not just design for those people in MS Word??? -- Garry Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org Classic VB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion |
MSoft Publisher to Word?
On 10/08/2018 17:52, GS wrote:
So then.., why not just design for those people in MS Word??? Because he's not as intelligent as you are; His IQ is 19; your IQ is 20; There's a marginal difference and so you have marginal advantage over him. -- With over 950 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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