How to transfer publisher files to Scribus

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Ankrham

I have a lot of my work in Publisher and need to retain at the very least the content even if it is not capable of updating/altering.  I have been going through and save as PDF but this is going to take days to save every file one at a time which is the only way I have found so far.  Is there any way to move the files in a better way?  Does Scribus have much the same facilities of Publisher?  The options given by MS would mean doing what I want to do in 3 or 4 different programmes which don't provide the same options.  eg suggested to use word even though templates, decorative elements etc. don't exist so not possible to produce the same formats.  This is becoming a nightmare and I obviously need to get this sorted before Publisher vanishes.  Funnily enough I have a lot of other things I need to do and this little epic is proving really time consuming to even find out best course of action.

a.l.e

The way Scribus works is probably rather different from Publisher.

And -- from your description -- one thing you probably will miss are "automatic" decorative elements.

On top of it, indeed, you might need multiple programs to replace Publisher. Each of them is probably a bit better than Publisher in their main functionalities, but they will also probably be more complex to learn and use.

On the other side, I might a good news for you: Scribus is supposed to be able to open Publisher files...
You can give it a try.

Finally, if you want us to help you decide if Scribus might be part of your toolbox, you might want to share some screenshot of typical work you've done with Publisher...