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
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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.

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