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| Jamanda |
Is there such a thingas an Open Office type version of Publisher? |
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| happytechie |
this thread may be of interest
http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:G0vgHaMxtdoJ:ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-193715.html+open+publisher+alternative&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=uk&client=firefox-a scribus seems to be the tool of choice |
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| Jamanda |
Is it compatible with publisher? ie could I do a news letter in it and then send it to someone else to print out? | ||
| Fee |
Pff, some people  
You could send it to somebody saved as a pdf, which they could print out, outside of Publisher. |
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| happytechie |
It will save as PDF which should be fine.
available for windows vista: quote from http://www.scribus.net/?q=windows (which has a download link) Hardware/Software Requirements: For Windows 2000 Only - The GDI+ library from http://www.microsoft.com. Unfortunately, as Scribus is an open source application under the GNU GPL, we cannot include this file within the installer. Install this in: C:\Program Files\Scribus-1.3.x or C:\Winnt\system32 directory or other directory in your path. Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008 all will run Scribus. |
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| Gervase |
Publisher is a bloody awful piece of software, in that nothing else will read a native Publisher file, and there is no port for the Mac, which means a lot of graphics companies and printers loathe it. As mentioned, if you have to use it, save the file as a PDF, | ||
| Jamanda |
 Shall we just make this a sticky and you can refer me to it in about two month's time?
Trouble is I have one computer with t'internet, but no Publisher and one t'other way round. |
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| skedone |
But open office has a publisher program built in so whats the problem? its called impress | ||
| jocorless |
No - Impress is the Powerpoint equivalent - Publisher doesn't have a OO copy - not yet anyway |