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From: "jonathon"
On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Sap wrote:
I cannot find a counterpart to microsoft publisher. We want to make
flyers and mailers and do not find a counterpart to publisher.
It all depends upon what type of publishing you are trying to do.
OOo can do most of the things that Word can do, and some things that
are impossible to do with MSWord.
OOo can do most of the things that MS Publisher can do.
Since you are asking for a comparison with Microsoft Office, and/or
Microsoft Publisher, OOo will probably be more than adequate for your
needs. However, OOo is not a substitute for a professional quality
Desktop Publishing Program. If you need a professional quality Desktop
Publishing program, then Scribus is the FLOSS tool of choice.
Note: MS Publisher files are incompatible with all other programs.
https://www.pdfonline.com/convert_pdf.asp will convert most publisher
files to PDF format.
For most projects, WRITE is the OOo Component that emulates Publisher.
For some projects, DRAW is the OOo Component that emulates Publisher.
Which component to use depends upon what you are trying to create.
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jonathon
I have Publisher 2003, and 1 out of 5 times I open it and try to use it,
the monster crashes. I will not use it unless I MUST. I am glad that OOo
works for most/all of my needs. When OOo does not do it, I use
Adobe PageMaker (I will not use their "new" Indesign program if they paid
me).
I have only one project that require PageMaker, since I still have
not convinced them to switch. They use OOo's Writer and Calc,
but not for their newsletters. Too bad.
The Publisher "joke" I heard is that MS will not put out a Publisher Viewer
since
MS does not want people to have access to viewing the files without paying
hundreds to them. People would use the viewer to cut/paste the text/images
into a better program, and not use their Publisher.
I do wonder why no open source group created a "routine"/module
that would import Publisher files into Writer or another open source
product. Could it be that the file format is so complex? MS will not
even create a new format for their OOXML scheme.
I have not worked with Scribus lately. But it was a good product when I
last used it.
Do you list people have any other suggestions for a Win XP person
for open source type programs to list on a site as substitute for the
paid ones?
Openoffice.org, Firefox, Thunderbird, KompoZer, EmEditor, Notepad ++,
are currently on my list. I forgot to put Scribus on it. I want easy to
use
programs on the list, if possible. I want to place a list on several web
sites
that I am the webmaster for - like http://www.lungstrom.com/
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