[NTLUG:Discuss] Reading M$ Poo-buster (.pub ext)

[Robert Pearson]

On 9/9/05, tr_data1 <tr_data1 at ev1.net> wrote:
> My kids' middle school has been creating M$Publisher documents
> for information to parents. Of course, I'll encourage they save
> them as PDF (or at least M$Wordless). In the meantime, do you
> know of any Linux software that can display .pub files?

According to the following two URL's:

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<<http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_software_equivalent_to_Windows_software#Desktop_Publishing>>
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"Scribus" at <<http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Scribus>>

OpenOffice.org "oodraw" at <<http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Oodraw>>

and then from---

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<<http://linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-lin-soft-en/table.shtml>>
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"Scribus" at <<http://www.scribus.org.uk/>>

"Kword" at <<http://www.koffice.org/>>

It looks like Scribus, Kword and oodraw might work. I have not tested
any of these and do not know anyone who has.

CodeWeavers CrossOver Office shows Microsoft Publisher 2000 & 2002 as untested.

It would be interesting to know, if you were running VMware, if you
could hot key between Linux and Windows and "cut-n-paste" between
Publisher and some Linux program. This should capture the displayed
text but not the "publishing" formatting.

Thanks,  Robert