Dave, Thank you for that information! It does make a difference I'm still going to use openoffice - since I was able to reinstall just the publisher portion of my office program, I'll stay with that until I learn something new as I am trying to get away from Microsoft . . . .
Sincere regards, Karen Dave Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -------- Original Message -------- From: Karen Millam Date: Fri 01 Jun 2007 10:19:50 EST > I think I misunderstood what "Draw" is (i.e. publisher equivalent). > I've downloaded the openoffice program and can see and use all > documents except publisher. Is there a fix for this or do I have to > go back to publisher? > > Thanks for your time. > > Karen Draw has functions which are in some ways similar to Publisher, but it is not a DTP application. Publisher files are a closed, secret, Microsoft propriety format. So, if you are looking for a program which will open, edit and save Publisher files, no such program exist yet. This is how Microsoft keep you locked into using and buying their products. A good, free, open source DTP program is "Scribus" which can be downloaded from http://www.scribus.net However, it will not open Publisher files. Hope this answers your question. Dave -- This is a mailing list which exists to support users of OpenOffice.org All answers are given by other users who volunteer their time. If you are not subscribed to this mailing list you may not see all the replies to your query. Please reply to [email protected] only and include some indication that you are not subscribed to this list. (eg. "I am not subscribed to this list, please CC: me.") For on-line support see: http://support.openoffice.org/index.html For a knowledge base see: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ --------------------------------- Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links.
