CONVERSION OF PUBLISHER

[JENIFER FURNESS]

I HAVE JUST SPENT DAYS CREATING A REGISTRATION FORM ON
PUBLISHER DELUXE. I USE MEDIACOM AS MY INTERNET PROVIDER
AND WHEN I SENT THE FORM OUT TO POTENTIAL CLIENTS, NONE OF
THEM WERE ABLE TO OPEN IT. HOW CAN I CONVERT THIS FILE TO
ALLOW THEM TO OPEN AND PRINT THIS FILE. DO THEY HAVE TO
HAVE THE PUBLISHER SOFTWARE OF CAN THEY OPEN IT WITH ADOBE
ACROBAT? AM I CRAZY?
JEN

 

[Tom]

JENIFER FURNESS wrote:
:: I HAVE JUST SPENT DAYS CREATING A REGISTRATION FORM ON
:: PUBLISHER DELUXE. I USE MEDIACOM AS MY INTERNET PROVIDER
:: AND WHEN I SENT THE FORM OUT TO POTENTIAL CLIENTS, NONE OF
:: THEM WERE ABLE TO OPEN IT. HOW CAN I CONVERT THIS FILE TO
:: ALLOW THEM TO OPEN AND PRINT THIS FILE. DO THEY HAVE TO
:: HAVE THE PUBLISHER SOFTWARE OF CAN THEY OPEN IT WITH ADOBE
:: ACROBAT? AM I CRAZY?
:: JEN

Firstly, it is common coutesy not to SHOUT when posting on a newsgroup!

Secondly, the below article outlines several ways of sharing Publisher
documents with recipients without the software:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/using/column16.asp

Regards,

Tom.

 

[Don Schmidt]

Jen,
The best way would be convert the file to a pdf format. There is of course
Adobe Acrobat but its a bit on the spendy side for most folks at $250 or
higher. I had the need to create pdf files some 5 years ago and did some
trials on freeware, shareware and commercial programs (excluding Adobe
Acrobat). The winner for me was/is the commercial program PDF-XChange that
goes for ~$40 US.

PC Magazine, Aug 5 issue compares 11 pdf programs with PDF-XChange sharing a
three way tie for a 4 star rating and came in first of the three for price.

You can read the article at:

http://www.pacifier.com/~dschmidt/osia_vancouver_usa/page7.html

You can see some pdf files created with PDF-XChange at:

http://www.pacifier.com/~dschmidt/osia_vancouver_usa/index.html

Bring up any of the 60+ files on the Il Messaggio Archives page.
Click on the song link and enjoy the visit.

BTW, the PDF-XChange site is:

http://www.docu-track.com

Ciao,