Compatibility with M$ Publisher

[tgelvin]

Does anyone know when this program can open and edit MS Publisher files?

[acknak]

Around half-past never, most likely. The Publisher file format is locked up--do you know of anyone who can read them, other than MS?

[AndrewZ]

While Publisher is proprietary, so is Microsoft Word. The problem is Publisher is more obscure, so no one gives the effort to reverse engineer it.

Yes, several non-Microsoft programs do read Publisher. IIRC, examples include Adobe PageMaker and/or Adobe InDesign. Try a web search: microsoft publisher convert OR import

[AlicVB]

Or you may try this extension : http://www.alicvb.com/Programmes/pubooo/index_en.php
PubOOo can convert Publisher files into OpenOffice.org Impress.

But I don't reverse engineer the format, I just use Publisher COM component.... So you need to have Publisher installed on your system for the conversion (after, you can destroy MS Softwares !)

I hope it will help !

AlicVB