Hi <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 104, 28); font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">Alexandre Prokoudine</span><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 December 2010 00:35, Alexandre Prokoudine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alexandre.prokoudine@gmail.com">alexandre.prokoudine@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On 12/22/10, Philip Ward wrote:<br>
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> I did make the suggestion of creating a virtual PC, within your chosen OS,<br>
> as i also have problems with regards to opening PUB Files on an OSX system<br>
> etc. In the past i have managed to download evaluation copies of the<br>
> software mentioned, namely Microsoft windows and office, but it was<br>
> dismissed as being a waste of hdd space i think the person mentioned?<br>
<br>
</div>Hi Philip,<br>
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For a virtual PC one still needs a licensed version of Windows.<br>
Somehow I don't feel excited about giving my money to MIcrosoft :)<br></blockquote><div>are you sure you need a licensed copy? last i saw you could download a copy/trial direct from microsoft themselves? and that could be installed on a fresh machine, i know that would mean having a second/third computer for some people, but sure it gave you 90 days to trial (was XP at one point, and im sure 7 was the same), and like wise you can/could download a 60 day trial of their office suite (which i rarely use apart from customers PC's as i use open or neo office) </div>
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<div class="im"><br>
> and with regards to file conversion, what version of publisher are you<br>
> wanting to make compatible if it was done? because im sure, like scribus,<br>
> earlier revisions ie 98/2000/2003 wont read a 2007/2010 version of the file<br>
> format, like on word, where you have to download a converter etc?<br>
<br>
</div>I'm not sure I understand what you mean. I'm not remotely interested<br>
in writing converters for Microsoft software (in fact, I'm not<br>
remotely interested in programming, but that's another story). The<br>
point is to be able to open binary pub files in Scribus. Both 98, 2000<br>
and 2003 should be on the radar for that.#<br></blockquote><div>sorry i ment my comment with regards to reverse engineering what does where etc? i was just refering are you asking somone to target just one file format/version, as im now racking my brains trying to remember, but im sure there was complications even opening some 98 files on a 2003 version (again it was some years ago that i used it)</div>
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<div class="im"><br>
> also quickly, i just wanted to mention, that running wine is difficult for<br>
> me, as im on a PowerPC mac, and last i looked it was for intel based only<br>
> units.<br>
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</div>WINE is of no help. Publisher cannot save files under WINE, which<br>
makes any attempts at r-e fruitless.<br></blockquote><div>im glad that you have told me that, so as not to attempt to install office etc on my ubuntu box, although i did manage to get corel 11 a while ago working quite well (off topic i know)</div>
<div><br></div><div>cheers</div><div>phil </div></div><br>