Microsoft Publisher (PUB)

Microsoft Publisher (PUB) technical notes

Microsoft Publisher (PUB) is the native format for files created in Microsoft Publisher, an application in the Microsoft Office line of products used for creating publications and market materials.

Microsoft Publisher (PUB) technical notes

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• CorelDRAW imports Microsoft Publisher files from versions 2002, 2003, 2007, and 2010.
• Exporting is not supported.
• Two-page spread is imported as separate pages.
• Master pages are not supported. A master page is imported as a separate layer on the page. The name of the layer corresponds to the name of the master page in Microsoft Publisher.
• Headers and footers are not supported. Text from the header/footer is placed in the appropriate position on each page.
• Tables are supported. Not all border types are supported. If a border type is not supported, it is replaced with an outline of the desired thickness and color.
• Border art is not supported.
• Styles are not supported. Style and formatting attributes are mapped to text.
• Some underline styles are not supported. Unsupported underline styles are replaced with the best-match underline style available in CorelDRAW.
• Shadow, Emboss, and Engrave font effects are not supported.
• Horizontal rules in text objects are not supported.
• Color schemes are not supported. Color scheme colors are mapped to object colors.
• Font schemes are not supported. Font names and styles are mapped to their equivalents in CorelDRAW.
• 3D shapes are supported. Surface textures are not supported.
• Word art is imported as artistic text in CorelDRAW. Surface textures for extrudes are not supported.
• Linked text boxes are supported.
• Bookmarks and hyperlinks are supported.
• Form objects (Microsoft Publisher 2002) are not supported.

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