reading "pub" files

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Hello Group.
I asked a while back and got no viable answers so I'll try again.
Looked everywhere for a program (free of course) to read ms publisher files
version 3 and up.
If anyone knows of one to do this I'd appreciate a link or proggy name.
Or, barring that, a method to possibly re-name the file to read it.
I have a card with an image on it that needs to be edited but the thing is
embeded within that pub file.
Thanks for any helpful info..

granpaw
 
granpaw scribebat:
Looked everywhere for a program (free of course) to read ms publisher files
version 3 and up.
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As far as I know, there is no program but MS Publisher who can read those
files. Import and conversion of DTP-files are very rare due to the
complexity of those files.
I have a card with an image on it that needs to be edited but the thing is
embeded within that pub file.
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If you simply need a single image from a single file, you might send it to
me, I have access to MS Publisher and would try to extract it for you.
 
granpaw a écrit :
Hello Group.
I asked a while back and got no viable answers so I'll try again.
Looked everywhere for a program (free of course) to read ms publisher files
version 3 and up.
If anyone knows of one to do this I'd appreciate a link or proggy name.
Or, barring that, a method to possibly re-name the file to read it.
I have a card with an image on it that needs to be edited but the thing is
embeded within that pub file.
Thanks for any helpful info..
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There is no way to read MS Pub files, except if you have MS Publisher.

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I asked a while back and got no viable answers so I'll try again.
Looked everywhere for a program (free of course) to read ms publisher files
version 3 and up.
If anyone knows of one to do this I'd appreciate a link or proggy name.
Or, barring that, a method to possibly re-name the file to read it.
I have a card with an image on it that needs to be edited but the thing is
embeded within that pub file.
Thanks for any helpful info..
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Free trials are not freeware, but I don't think you have any other
option unless you know someone who has MS Publisher and can extract
the image you need.

There are no Publisher viewers as such, but MS does offer a 30-day
trial CD of Publisher. After that it goes into "reduced functionality
mode", which I understand means you can only view files not edit.
<http://www.microsoft.com/Office/publisher/prodinfo/trial.mspx>
 
Hello Group.
I asked a while back and got no viable answers so I'll try again.
Looked everywhere for a program (free of course) to read ms publisher files
version 3 and up.
Click to expand...

< snip >

A trip here might help :

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.publisher

Though many people say that only Publisher and Photoshop will open
those files.

Regards, John.

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granpaw said:
Hello Group.
I asked a while back and got no viable answers so I'll try again.
Looked everywhere for a program (free of course) to read ms publisher files
version 3 and up.
If anyone knows of one to do this I'd appreciate a link or proggy name.
Or, barring that, a method to possibly re-name the file to read it.
I have a card with an image on it that needs to be edited but the thing is
embeded within that pub file.
Thanks for any helpful info..

granpaw
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I've tried many ways in the past to open .pub files or at least extract
text or images. Zilch every time.

If you like, email me the file (remove the obvious bits from addy). I
have publisher and can ship the bits you require back to you in desired
format.
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Hello Group.
I asked a while back and got no viable answers so I'll try again.
Looked everywhere for a program (free of course) to read ms publisher
files version 3 and up.
If anyone knows of one to do this I'd appreciate a link or proggy
name. Or, barring that, a method to possibly re-name the file to read
it. I have a card with an image on it that needs to be edited but the
thing is embeded within that pub file.
Thanks for any helpful info..

granpaw
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Thanks to all, I put it to rest and used a freinds computer though it
really pisses me off that M$pub handles files that way.

granpaw
 
granpaw said:
Thanks to all, I put it to rest and used a freinds computer though it
really pisses me off that M$pub handles files that way.
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You have misunderstood this. There is nothing malicious behind how it
works.

There are many different file formats, and many which need a certain
program to work.

To use an .mp3 file you need an mp3 player program, to use a .txt file
you need a text editor, to use a .doc file you need microsoft word, etc..

For many file formats there is only one program which can be used to open
it. Other file formats are used by more than one program, which can be
used to open them.
 
You have misunderstood this. There is nothing malicious behind how it
works.
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snip
Yeah right...I *do* understand this...I can open and edit "DOC" files with
free software, I can convert MP3 files to whatever and read them with
freeware..I can even open and edit "PDF" files with freeware..Sorry, that
shows me microshaft pub as the crap that it is.

granpaw
 
granpaw a écrit :
Yeah right...I *do* understand this...I can open and edit "DOC" files with
free software, I can convert MP3 files to whatever and read them with
freeware..I can even open and edit "PDF" files with freeware..Sorry, that
shows me microshaft pub as the crap that it is.
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Just do it.
Why don't you create an app that could read pub files ?
You talk about doc files (that are Microsoft's). Microsoft doesn't
provide free tools to edit these files. But people like you and me do.
Freely.
So stop crying.

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granpaw scribebat:
Yeah right...I *do* understand this...I can open and edit "DOC" files with
free software, Sorry, that shows me microshaft pub as the crap that it is..
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You won't find any free software for editing any other DTP-format either.
You will hardly find *any* converter for DTP-formats, that has nothing to
do with MS Publisher.

Look for example at the FAQ of Scribus <http://www.scribus.co.uk/>, they
explain why they create no importer for other DTP-formats.
 
snip
Just do it.
Why don't you create an app that could read pub files ?
You talk about doc files (that are Microsoft's). Microsoft doesn't
provide free tools to edit these files. But people like you and me do.
Freely.
So stop crying.
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FWIW *If* I could create an app to read pub files I wouldn't need to post a
request here.
I didn't realize I was crying, therefore I shall take my marbles and go
home and pout.
 
granpaw scribebat:
.

You won't find any free software for editing any other DTP-format
either. You will hardly find *any* converter for DTP-formats, that has
nothing to do with MS Publisher.

Look for example at the FAQ of Scribus <http://www.scribus.co.uk/>,
they explain why they create no importer for other DTP-formats.
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Thanks Onno.
As I said in a previous post I have already finished the project using the
image I needed, I will just not accept pub files from clients anymore.
sincerely.
granpaw
 
Looked everywhere for a program (free of course) to read ms publisher files
version 3 and up.
Click to expand...

I'm afraid there is no free one, sorry. (As had been pointed out by
others, already.) Not mentioned up to now is the possibility to get
*.pub files converted to *.pdf. Some websites offer this. And if I'm
not entirely mistaken, there are a few ones which let you convert
one document or one page for free... After that you could print the
*.pdf to an image file and make any changes directly with the image
editing program of your choice. You'll most likely end up with a poor
quality output, though...
I have a card with an image on it that needs to be edited but the thing is
embeded within that pub file.
Click to expand...

If you only need the image (to re-use it inside another program) you
could try to extract it. Ripper5 will do this from ordinary *.pub
files, for instance. I don't know if there are encrypted *.pub files
out there, with which Ripper5 can't work.

You find Ripper5 here:

ftp://ftp.sac.sk/pub/sac/sound/rippr500.zip

Being an old (DOS) Turbo Pascal program, it has problems with newer
computers. So you'll need either a patch program or a TSR to avoid
the encounter of Runtime error 200. I mostly use Veit Kannegiesers
R200fix:

http://www-user.tu-cottbus.de/~kannegv/programm/r200fix.arj

Copy r200fix.com into the Ripper5 directory and create a batch file,
there, containing these 2 lines:

r200fix
ripper5 %1

After that you can start this Batch with the file, you wish to
extract the pictures (or other resources) from, as parameter. If
you named the batch Rip.bat you would execute:

[path to the ripper5 directory]\rip [path to pub-file]\sample.pub

Be sure to edit Ripper5.cfg to your needs, beforehand!

BeAr
 
Not mentioned up to now is the possibility to get
*.pub files converted to *.pdf. Some websites offer this. And if I'm
not entirely mistaken, there are a few ones which let you convert
one document or one page for free... After that you could print the
*.pdf to an image file and make any changes directly with the image
editing program of your choice. You'll most likely end up with a poor
quality output, though...
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Really funny, converting from a proprietary (MS), difficult to work with
file format to another proprietary (Adobe), difficult to work with file
format. Or, even worse, to make a picture of it all.

Before somebody creates a .pub or a .pdf file he has the text and the
pictures available separately. Those files are the files he should send
to another person, not the .pub file or the .pdf file he might want to
create to arrange the printout on his own printer.

The .pub and .pdf formats are not intended for, and should not be used
for information storage or sending information to others.
 
The .pub and .pdf formats are not intended for, and should not be used
for information storage or sending information to others.
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;-) Yes. You're absolutely right. Another nice sample of misusing a
printout format is the propagation of some uses of Hpgl by SwiftView.
Read 'Choosing a portable document format' and some other paragraphs
here:

http://www.swiftview.com/pclcorner/pclcorner1.htm

I provided my 'solutions' because I like to play with possibilities.
It's often surprising, what ways open when one tries to solve seemingly
hopeless problems an unusual way. If my suggestions make sense under
some special conditions or not is entirely up to the one who has a
problem. And I don't really think, granpaw will ever do it either one
of my suggested ways. He already wrote that he has access to MSPublisher
via a friends computer... ;-)

BeAr
 
;-) Yes. You're absolutely right. Another nice sample of misusing a
printout format is the propagation of some uses of Hpgl by SwiftView.
Read 'Choosing a portable document format' and some other paragraphs
here:

http://www.swiftview.com/pclcorner/pclcorner1.htm

I provided my 'solutions' because I like to play with possibilities.
It's often surprising, what ways open when one tries to solve seemingly
hopeless problems an unusual way. If my suggestions make sense under
some special conditions or not is entirely up to the one who has a
problem. And I don't really think, granpaw will ever do it either one
of my suggested ways. He already wrote that he has access to MSPublisher
via a friends computer... ;-)

BeAr
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Yeah I did BeAr! I already took another path...Thanks anyway.


granpaw
 
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