There is one other option that may (or may not) work. Many of us in this
newsgroup have Acrobat or another program to convert files to .pdf files. If
you only have one or two files, and they don't contain proprietary
information, you could try asking if someone would convert them for you. You
wouldn't be able to edit the file but you'd be able to see it.
Also, having .pdf software such as Acrobat or Primo only works if you can
open the file. If you don't have Publisher, you can't make a .pub file a .pdf.
(There's a subtle offer of help in there in case you missed it.)
--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Publisher
"Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]" wrote:
Hi ,
With Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 and older, Microsoft has not created a
Microsoft Publisher viewer, and currently there are no plans to develop one.
Only Microsoft Publisher can open Publisher files. The only exception would
be using Adobe Pagemaker 6.5 and newer to open Microsoft Publisher 97 and
newer files.
Work arounds include:
--------------------
1. Convert your Publisher file to PDF format. The recipient of your file
would need Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download). In order to convert your
Publisher (any version) publication to PDF, you would need a 3rd party
product similar to:
a. Adobe Acrobat ($249) www.adobe.com
b. primoPDF (Free) http://primopdf.com/
c. Win2PDF (Free) www.daneprairie.com
d. GhostSript (Free) www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost
e. JawsPDF Creator ($79) www.jawspdf.com
2. A graphic, such as jpeg, tif, gif, etc. (Publisher 2003, 2002, 2000, 98)
3. As an embedded html email. (Publisher 2003, 2002)
4. An mht file. (Publisher 2003, 2002, 2000, 98, 97)
5. As an html file. (Publisher 2003, 2002, 2000, 98, 97)
You can find an article at the following link that explains how these
workarounds can be done:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/using/column16.asp
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
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"LPOWELL3" wrote in message
...
Without having to purchase Publisher, is there a viewer available for
download to view Publisher files? For Version 2000? For Version 2003?