When are Publisher e-mail attachments not readable?

I apologize upfront for not being computer-savvy.
If I compose something in Publisher and then send it as an e-mail
attachment, do recipients need to have Publisher on their computers in order
to open/view, or will having Word suffice?

Don
Wed Jul 13 18:47:44 CDT 2005

Yes, they would need Publisher, the same or later version as you.
Word is a program many have.
Your best bet would be send the publisher file converted to pdf format.
Everybody can get Adobe Reader for free.

If you need a pdf creating program, many folks in this news group like the
free Primopdf which can be gotten at:

www.primopdf.com

I'm a fan of the modestly priced PDF-XChange which is the best of any pdf
products for creating the smallest file size.
It can be found at:

www.docu-track.com



--
Don
Vancouver, USA



"ASClaire" <ASClaire@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:152714E7-D323-42C5-B2AC-0E58B681A7A0@microsoft.com...
>I apologize upfront for not being computer-savvy.
> If I compose something in Publisher and then send it as an e-mail
> attachment, do recipients need to have Publisher on their computers in
> order
> to open/view, or will having Word suffice?

Miss
Wed Jul 13 20:09:30 CDT 2005

ASClaire wrote:
> I apologize upfront for not being computer-savvy.
> If I compose something in Publisher and then send it as an e-mail
> attachment, do recipients need to have Publisher on their computers
> in order to open/view, or will having Word suffice?

I take it you're not apologising for not STFW?! This is an FAQ, asked - and
answered - almost daily. http://groups.google.com and that's more help than
you deserve.

Suzy
Tue Jul 26 21:51:01 CDT 2005

If you are sending something like a newsletter for information and not as
something the recipient would need to open and edit... the best way to send
it would be to go File, Send E-mail, Send This Page As Message and then it
will appear in the body of the email message and not as an attachment.

We use this method for sending out our office newsletter and it quite
happily opens in Outlook, Hotmail, Yahoo etc and on computers that do not
have Publisher installed.

Good luck!

"ASClaire" wrote:

> I apologize upfront for not being computer-savvy.
> If I compose something in Publisher and then send it as an e-mail
> attachment, do recipients need to have Publisher on their computers in order
> to open/view, or will having Word suffice?