Publisher in Linux or alternative?

[Alex LeDonne]

On 6/7/07, Jon M. Hanson <jon at the-hansons-az.net> wrote:
> On Thursday 07 June 2007 15:51, Nathan Aubrey wrote:
> > On Thursday 07 June 2007, Jon M. Hanson wrote:
> > > On Thursday 07 June 2007 15:43, Nathan Aubrey wrote:
> > > > Someone just asked me about Microsoft Publisher. I don't even know what
> > > > it is! Is there a linux equivalent for this thing? And what is it?
> > >
> > > Scribus (http://www.scribus.net) is a professional-grade desktop
> > > publishing application for Linux. It's probably far above the
> > > capabilities of Microsoft Publisher, which is just mostly a toy and not
> > > serious desktop publishing software.
> >
> > Yep, I knew that. I use scribus and inkscape now and then and I didn't even
> > think about it. Then let me rephrase the question, is there a way to view
> > MS Publisher files in linux?
> >
> > I have a department that is interested in switching to linux, except they
> > need publisher for some certificates. No doubt can be remade I guess, but
> > I'm trying to save some work for the poor slob who would be stuck
> > re-creating the cert... (me)
> >
> > nathan
>
> I think Publisher can save files as PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript.
> Those would be the best bets for moving those kinds of files over to Linux.

PDF would work too if PostScript isn't easily available... Scribus has
PDF import, and there are dozens of free PDF-makers for MS OSen that
just act as printers (if your company doesn't already have Acrobat).

-A