Importing other formats into Publisher

I need to import documents from non-windows and non-microsoft software into
Publisher. I have tried using rtf files without much success. What foreign
file formats can be imported into Publisher?

John


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Do you just need text or graphics are are you looking to maintain format as
well?

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Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Mr John FO Evans" wrote in message
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I need to import documents from non-windows and non-microsoft software into
Publisher. I have tried using rtf files without much success. What foreign
file formats can be imported into Publisher?

John


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In article , "JoAnn Paules"
wrote:

Do you just need text or graphics are are you looking to maintain format
as well?

Thanks for the reply.

I would need to retain basic formatting, text and graphics. I do
have some ways of doing unformatted text transfer and can reformat
and add graphics - but this is time consuming!

John



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Mr John FO Evans wrote:
In article , "JoAnn Paules"
wrote:

Do you just need text or graphics are are you looking to maintain
format as well?

Thanks for the reply.

I would need to retain basic formatting, text and graphics. I do
have some ways of doing unformatted text transfer and can reformat
and add graphics - but this is time consuming!

John
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If you require the text and objects to be
individual and editable....copy/paste is
your best and probably only option.

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

I am amazed that nobody is able to tell me the DTP formats that Publisher
can import - does that mean that it cannot?


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Mr John FO Evans wrote:
I am amazed that nobody is able to tell me the DTP formats that Publisher
can import - does that mean that it cannot?

Yes.

DTP program manufacturers guard their file format specifications
jealously; converters are few and far-between (and generally produced by
reverse-engineering others' products/files).

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Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
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