One of the most active keyword searches that I have with my blog is for a Microsoft Publisher Viewer. If you’re familiar with Publisher you’ll know that the short answer is that there is no Publisher viewer application. If you’re familiar with my blog, you’ll know I post cool stuff too.
So, with this in mind, today I have a sort of solution for the Publisher viewer program. It’s a free online PDF document creator. Visit it at www.pdfonline.com. Here you can upload files in a variety of formats including Microsoft Publisher and files can be up to 2Mb in size – that’s the real limit here. The file will be converted into a pdf format file and emailed direct to you.
It’s simple and effective and a workaround for the Publisher Viewer problem – you get to see and read the contents of the file and that’s what you’re looking for.
Helen, you’re wonderful. I needed to see a .pub file, and your workaround was perfect, and instant! Thank you so much.
awesome tip!
I have a publisher 1 page doc origionaly made with office7, Isaved it to a usb drive. I then removed office7 some weeks later as I was so used to my older version..Office 2000.
I am now unable to view or to print this doc, is there anyway around this Please? I am in my 84th year and it would be a great help
Try zamzar.com and see if it can convert the file for you to a format you can use such as pdf.
If not, email it to me at helen@helenbradley.com and I’ll see what I can do about converting it for you myself.
cheers
Helen
try publisher import plugin for LibreOffice (OpenOffice) so you dont need to use any Microsoft or other special software.
http://fridrich.blogspot.ch/2012/06/libreoffice-ms-publisher-import-filter.html
Very Nice!!! Thank you for the post! It took me a few moments to connect the dots at pdfonline.com, but after that it worked like a charm!
Again, thanks!!