how can I open .bmf files in Publisher 2003?

[guybc]

I used to be able to download files from corel gallery in old Publisher.
Publisher 2003 will no longer open the .bmf files.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Are you sure you could before? Which version did you have prior to 2003?

 

[Mary Sauer]

www.xnview.com will open .bmf images. Free program, maybe a copy/paste.

 

[guybc]

Can't remember. I think it was Publisher 98 and I used the Corel gallery a
lot.

Are you sure you could before? Which version did you have prior to 2003?

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JoAnn Paules
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I used to be able to download files from corel gallery in old Publisher.
Publisher 2003 will no longer open the .bmf files.

 

[guybc]

Thanks!

www.xnview.com will open .bmf images. Free program, maybe a copy/paste.

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[guybc]

I tried that programme and it didn't recognise the format. Any other hints?

 

[Mary Sauer]

I'm out of ideas. My Publisher 98 or 97 cannot import .bmf files. CorelDraw
doesn't recognize these files.
This site says its product can read .bmf (Corel Flow)
http://www.flydragonsoft.com/completegraphic.htm

 

[guybc]

The mystery deepens! I just tried to open a publisher .pub file made a year
ago based on a corel gallery .bmf file - and got a blank page. No picture at
all. Last week, I had installed a new video card and mother board. Could this
have affected anything?

 

[Ed Bennett]

The mystery deepens! I just tried to open a publisher .pub file made
a year ago based on a corel gallery .bmf file - and got a blank page.
No picture at all. Last week, I had installed a new video card and
mother board. Could this have affected anything?

Nope. Publisher has never been able to directly import BMF files.

Are you sure you weren't previously using Corel Ventura? Venture also uses
the .pub extension.

 

[guybc]

If you look in folder options in explorer, it says that bmf files open with
Publisher and I have never used any other program for making signs. Besides,
it says on the file which won't now open that it is a .pub file, even tho' it
included a theme border from corel gallery. I've never heard of Venture. So
it's a mystery!

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Just because it says that, doesn't make it so. You can change that to
anything. (I'm not saying you did, I'm saying it can be done and still not
work.)