[scribus] Importing Microsoft Publisher (.PUB) files

[Michael Hendry]

> On 28 May 2015, at 19:07, Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
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>> On 28 May 2015, at 17:53, Craig Bradney <cbradney at scribus.info <mailto:cbradney at scribus.info>> wrote:
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>>> On 28 May 2015, at 17:11, Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com <mailto:hendry.michael at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 28 May 2015, at 16:01, Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com <mailto:gpittman at iglou.com>> wrote:
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>>>> On 05/28/2015 10:08 AM, Michael Hendry wrote:
>>>>> My Rotary club produces a bulletin several times a year, using Microsoft Publisher.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The duty of producing this has shifted from a Windows user to a Mac user, and we would like to make the production of the bulletin platform-independent by using Scribus.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have installed...
>>>>> 
>>>>> Scribus Version 1.5.0
>>>>> 19 May 2015 - SVN Revision: 20099
>>>>> Build ID: C-C-T-F-C1.14.2-Mac/-64bit
>>>>> Using Ghostscript version 9.05
>>>>> 
>>>>> …on my Mac, but I can’t find the PUB import feature, which is said to have been implemented some time ago in the online documentation.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Can someone tell me how to do this?
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> AFAIK, what you will be doing is similar to PDFs, in other words,
>>>> File > Import > Get Vector File.
>>> 
>>> Unfortunately, when I go to get the “Vector File” PUB is not in the list of supported file types - and although I can see the file I want, it is greyed out.
>>> 
>>> I did read somewhere about a package dependency for the PUB import feature on the Mac, and suspect this may not have been compiled in to the DMG file I downloaded.
>>> 
>> 
>> Thats correct. I will see if I can build libmspub manually and then include it.
>> 
>> Craig
> 
> Brilliant - thanks, Craig.
> 
> Michael

I’ve subsequently tried downloading and installing Scribus 1.5.1 and using the PUB import feature, but found I was unable to edit a file after importing it.

Since then I’ve found that LibreOffice has a PUB import feature, and have successfully opened and edit the file I was interested in. The imported file can be saved in the LibreOffice ODG format, and worked on from there.

I suspect that Scribus has far too many features for me to comprehend, and that a simpler application such as LibreOffice Draw is a better match with my pay-grade (volunteer!).

Michael

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