Opening Microsoft Publisher file in Mac

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Opening Microsoft Publisher file in Mac

Does anyone know of a way to open a Publisher file on a Mac. My son started a school project in publisher -- he needs to complete the project now as a home assignment. I guess they think everyone works with windows -- Ha.

Any thought?

Carl

imac 17 superdrive, 1.25GHz Power PC G4 1.25 GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.4.2), Airport Express, 180 GB Maxtor external HD, Dell Latitude lap top Windows XP

Posted on Nov 17, 2005 7:39 PM

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Answer 1

iFelix

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Nov 17, 2005 11:07 PM in response to F. Carl McIvor1

There is not a Mac application which can open native Publisher files.

iFelix

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Answer 2

Feb 14, 2006 7:55 PM in response to iFelix

anything that can be used just to view or extract parts out of a publisher file?

Thanks,
Ben

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Answer 3

iFelix

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Feb 15, 2006 2:14 AM in response to AudioLogic

Yes, but nothing really useable I suspect.

Best option is to use Publisher on a Windows PC and convert (copy and paste) into formats a Mac can read.

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Answer 4

Feb 15, 2006 11:18 AM in response to iFelix

Have you tried OpenOffice.org 2.0 or NeoOffice?

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Answer 5

Feb 15, 2006 11:22 AM in response to Dale McGraw1

I just saved it out to an html file, so problem solved here. Not sure about the other guy. Thanks for your help.

Ben

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iFelix

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Feb 15, 2006 12:09 PM in response to Dale McGraw1

Have you tried OpenOffice.org 2.0 or NeoOffice?

As far as I am aware they can't open Publisher files.

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Answer 7

Feb 15, 2006 12:29 PM in response to iFelix

Another course of action to take is to save out the .pub file into a .doc file to take home and work on then rehash the .doc file back into a .pub file. But that just seems to much to be had.

I thought that OpenOffice.org would open publisher files but then after the air cleared from the brain fart I had, it was Powerpoint files, hey, they both start with the letter 'P'. Publisher, Powerpoint, Presentation. LOL.

Nonetheless, converting .pub to .doc, working on .doc, then converting back to .pub is a way to go at this point, but that would be tripling the work, eh?

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Answer 8

iFelix

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Feb 15, 2006 1:53 PM in response to Dale McGraw1

Sticking with Word might be an option, get all the text done and then use Publisher for the layout (or get Pages and do it on the Mac).

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