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Publisher to InDesign Conversion

 
 

System Requirements

  
FOR MACINTOSH:

• Intel based Mac
• 3 GB RAM
• Mac OS 10.5.8 – 10.7.x
• Licensed Copy of Adobe InDesign CS4 (v6.x), CS5 (v7.0) or CS5.5 (v7.5)
• Internet Connection to activate Pub2ID
• Microsoft Publisher 2002-2010 support
• Publisher documents converted to XPS are not supported by Pub2ID


FOR WINDOWS:

• Pentium III or Higher
• 2 GB RAM
• Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7
• Licensed Copy of Adobe InDesign CS4 (v6.x), CS5 (v7.0) or CS5.5 (v7.5)
• Internet Connection to activate Pub2ID
• Microsoft Publisher 2002-2010 support
• Publisher documents converted to XPS are not supported by Pub2ID
 

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PUB2ID V5.5 – Convert Publisher to InDesign / Publisher to InDesign Conversion / PUB2ID V5.5 Download

MARKZWARE PUB2ID V5.5 - CONVERT PUBLISHER FILES TO INDESIGN / PUB2ID V5.5 DOWNLOAD - FOR MAC + WINDOWS / PUB2ID CONVERTER
 
MARKZWARE PUB2ID V5.5 Now SUPPORTING Adobe InDesign CS4, CS5 & CS5.5
 
 


  • Preserves intellectual property investment
  • Enables easy data migration
  • Eliminates time re-creating content
  • Reduces costs re-creating content
  • Freedom to choose your authoring system
  • Supports Adobe InDesign CS4, CS5 & CS5.5
  • Converts MS Publisher 2002 - 2010
  • Simple to install
  • Quick & easy to use
  • Swift return on investment
 
 
Markzware PUB2ID (Microsoft Publisher to Adobe InDesign) for Mac & Windows is a plug-in for Adobe InDesign. It provides a quick, easy and affordable method for you to migrate all your Microsoft Publisher content into new Adobe InDesign documents. The conversion is enabled with a single click using the InDesign File->Open menu. No more re-creating documents from scratch; PUB2ID gives you a big head-start.
 
 
PUB2ID translates the intricate details of the content within the Microsoft Publisher document and instantly re-creates it within InDesign. Items converted from Publisher include: page size, positioning, color models, fonts and styles, text attributes and tables, layers, word wrap, linked text boxes as well as automatic extraction of images embedded in the Publisher file.
 
 
All Desktop Publishing applications have their own, unique methods of text rendering and graphical representation. Therefore, text flow and certain graphical elements will not be 100%. Depending on the use of custom kerning, tracking, leading, graphic formatting and effects, etc., more or less rework may be required, but some rework will always be required. We suggest that all converted documents are proofed before output.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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PUB2ID Usage

PUB2ID is quick and easy to use!

1. Simply use the InDesign  > File > Open menu to locate your Microsoft Publisher file and click “Open”
or:
Click the “Markzware” item on the InDesign Menu Bar then select “Convert MS Publisher Document” from the Pub2ID fly-out menu.
2. You will see a file conversion progress bar.
3. The MS Publisher file will appear rebuilt in InDesign.
4. Images are extracted to a folder (with the MS Publisher file name) and linked in the new InDesign document.
5. Save this new InDesign file.
6. Close then reopen the new InDesign file
7. Remap any missing fonts using the InDesign dialog
8. Re-save the new InDesign document

Real World Jobs and Improving PUB2ID

It is important to understand that it is not possible to achieve a 100% conversion due to the fact that Microsoft Publisher and InDesign handle text and document construction in differing ways and contain tools and features having no counterpart in the other. Simply stated: you wouldn’t want to be so brave as to convert Publisher and blindly print the new document. Instead, you will need to visually inspect the converted document and in some cases manually edit objects. Therefore, the primary goal of the file conversion is to essentially move the basic document objects from one application to another, thus saving you a tremendous amount of time and effort as compared to recreating the entire document from scratch.

Furthermore, the most ideal way to convert a desktop publishing file to another application is to simply avoid any features which are known to not convert well, such as features that are not supported by the destination application. In most real cases, however, this is not possible since you may already have a number of documents that you would rather not have to re-work, but instead wish to magically convert to another application.

Markzware has used its best efforts in the development of this Markzware Pub2ID and this User Guide. It is not possible for the product to function perfectly in every instance nor is it possible for this user guide to include every conceivable issue that might arise as there are almost infinite variables for the MS Publisher document as well as unconventional user techniques that cannot be known until encountered. Markzware relies on input from users of the product to discover unknown issues and will provide updates to the product when and wherever possible. 

 
 
 
 
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