[scribus] Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress, Publisher files

a.l.e ale.comp_06 at xox.ch
Sat Nov 13 13:47:37 CET 2010


hi

> >Le 12/11/2010 19:14, Patrick Marchese a écrit :
> >> I'm just wondering if members of this list have a need to upload
> >> content from Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress and Publisher files?
> 
> >I dunno what you mean with "upload" but
> >for sure, i'd like to import In Design and Quark Xpress files into
> >Scribus.
> 
> I took it to mean "import." Assuming that is the correct
> interpretation, it would be a useful tool to help users of those
> programs to migrate to Scribus. And from reading this list a long
> time, the biggest need is for Publisher files.
> 
> Having said that, it may be a demanding task. What happens when the
> Publisher/InDesign/QuarkXPress file contains tables created in those
> apps? I could mention a lot of other features that would be hard to
> translate into Scribus, especially considering that the other file
> formats are closed source and proprietary. Why would Adobe, Microsoft
> or Quark assist in creating a tool that would help their users migrate
> away from their product.

i think it was just a commercial for the convertion service on his site...

i've not clicked on the link, so i can't be sure of it.

ciao
a.l.e



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