If you send a Publisher file as is then the receiver will need Publisher to
open and see the file. Most folks will make a pdf document from the
Publisher file and send the pdf as an attachment. The free Adobe Reader is
readily available and is used to open pdf documents.
If you don't have a program to create pdf documents and you want to use this
method, you will need to make a choice from the many brands of pdf creating
software available these days. The first name in pdf is Adobe. But it comes
with a hefty price tag, $250+. Fortunate for all of us there are
alternatives, freeware, shareware and other commercial products. After
comparing 6+/- programs (free, share and commercial) I selected PDF-XChange
a modest priced commercial program that gives excellent results. You are
welcome to see several dozen Publisher 2000 files that were converted to pdf
using PDF-XChange at:
http://www.tinyurl.com/wifs
Select the Il Messaggio Archive page, any underscored date. The year 2004
has files created with version 3 and prior years with version 2.5. Note
PDF-XChange web site below and download your own trial copy.
Select a tune and enjoy the visit.
Ciao,
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Don
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We use PDF-XChange for our pdf needs. It's available at:
http://www.docu-track.com
David said:
I'm new to Publisher so hope this isn't too simplistic but I can't seem to
find answer to following. I'm intending to write a Newsletter in Publisher
that will be free for educators. I'm assuming the easiest way to send it
will be will be to "File-Send email-Send Publication as Attachment" (if this
isn't the easiest please let me know - thanks). I tried to do this and the
dialog box came up Untitled-Message (HTML). I filled in email address but
when I pressed "Send" - nothing has happened. My normal email program is
Microsoft Office Outlook and I have also switched to Outlook Express but
same thing happened. Any advice appreciated. David