Re: [SLUG] ".pub" files on linux

["Christopher Booth" <tentmakeroz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Go back to MS pub and export it as ps or eps.

What we need for linux is a PDF editor.

Chris
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Lowndes" <lannet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Richard Hayes" <nada@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <slug@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <henman@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] ".pub" files on linux


> On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 22:55, Richard Hayes wrote:
> > On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 05:41 pm, Chris Henman wrote:
> > > Can anyone suggest an application for viewing ".pub" files; apart from
> > > M$ Publisher?
> > >
> > > I have tried Open Office 1.1.1 but nothing seems apprporiate.
> >
> > To the best of my knowledge there is nothing that can read .pub format.
> > Strings will may get you the text but not the formatting
>
> It's a classic case of vendor lockin, and most of their own other
> product won't handle it either.
>
> > - 
> > Richard Hayes
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