Importing Microsoft Publisher files

[Noisy_Tree@adobeforums.com]

Hi.

I'm trying out InDesign CS and can't figure out how to import/open Microsoft Publisher files.

Is there a way to import them into InDesign CS?

Thank you.

Ed

[Scott_Falkner@adobeforums.com]

I'm trying out InDesign CS and can't figure out how to import/open Microsoft
Publisher files. Is there a way to import them into InDesign CS?




There's no way to directly import them as editible files. You can export the text, then rebuild the whole thing from scratch in Indesign, using a PDF of hte Punisher files as a template.

Working in MS Punisher is never a good idea, masochism aside. The general concessus here is that it's a complete teardown.

[Noisy_Tree@adobeforums.com]

Ouch!

I can't import! Yikes.

Have pity on me, I'm a about to embark on a painful experience!

Ed

[Noisy_Tree@adobeforums.com]

Bye the way...thank you for answering my question. :-)

[Bob_Levine]

What version are the PUB files? Pagemaker has a converter for Pub 2000
files or earlier. It's not great but it does work sometimes. You could
then save as PMD and then open that in InDesign.

If you don't have Pagemaker you can download a fully functional 30 day
trial. That should give you enough time to convert your files.

Bob

[Jim_Oblak@adobeforums.com]

Perhaps the full retail version of InDesign might help Mr. Tree.

He indicates that he is using a pirated beta in another thread - - - which seems really silly when you can download a final retail version tryout from adobe.com for full use for 30 days.

While this may not do anything more for the import of Publisher, it would at least make him legal.

[Thomas_Ellefson@adobeforums.com]

"Pagemaker has a converter for Pub 2000 files or earlier."

Is there a way to import them into InDesign CS if you have the PM Plugin pack? I thought there was, but now I'm not seeing it.

tye

[Scott_K.@adobeforums.com]

yes.... 9 times out of 10 you'll be better off rebuilding the files.

[Peggy_Coquet@adobeforums.com]

<Thomas_Ellefson@adobeforums.com> wrote in message
news:3bb41e90.5@webx.la2eafNXanI...

> "Pagemaker has a converter for Pub 2000 files or earlier."
>
> Is there a way to import them into InDesign CS if you have the PM Plugin

pack? I thought there was, but now I'm not seeing it.

>
> tye

Indesign opens Pagemaker files, even without the plug-in (File -> Open, and
select file type to show PM file names). The converter works pretty well on
individual pages, but there are things it doesn't do well, so I always work
from a hard copy of the file in addition to the converted file. The
converter ships with Pagemaker; I don't think one ships with the PM plug-in,
but maybe I just missed it. It is a stand-alone program, not part of the
core function. It also converts Quark Xpress up to 4.x.

Peggy

[Thomas_Ellefson@adobeforums.com]

ok, I guess I should have said "and if so, how?"

Note that I'm wanting to import an MS Publisher file, not pagemaker. I have the pagemaker plugin, tho.

tye

[Bob_Levine]

You need Pagemaker.

Bob

[Stu_Bloom@adobeforums.com]

You need Pagemaker.




And even then prepare to be underwhelmed by the quality of the conversion.

[Bob_Levine]

Amen.

Bob

[Hebnix]

Your best bet is to try saving publisher as a CMYK postcript, then
distilling, and bringing in the PDF into Indesign, you will not be able to
modify them, but it will work, if you needed multiple pages, or saved as
..eps for a postscript imagsetter. Good Luck!

<Thomas_Ellefson@adobeforums.com> wrote in message
news:3bb41e90.5@webx.la2eafNXanI...

> "Pagemaker has a converter for Pub 2000 files or earlier."
>
> Is there a way to import them into InDesign CS if you have the PM Plugin

pack? I thought there was, but now I'm not seeing it.

>
> tye

[Unregistered]

I'm actually surprised that Adobe haven't addressed this issue.

Publisher is cheap - it was included in Office 2003 Pro. CSx is expensive. Which is why people resorted to Publisher.

How do I know this - well, I used Publisher becuase it was cheap and didn't require a lot of barins to use. But, I work with smarter people who use CSx, and they ALWAYS baitch about the fact that I have used Publisher.

Well, the simple answer is: Suck it up. If you are so damn smart, then live with fact that I am a poor idiot :-)

And, BTW, I am not a MS fan - I still think WordPerfect is the best word processor ever invented!