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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Richard Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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.
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