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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0017760ScribusImport / Exportpublic2026-02-21 19:00
Reporteriantarrant Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status newResolutionopen 
PlatformPCOSWindowsOS Version10
Product Version1.7.2 
Summary0017760: MS Publisher import needs more development
DescriptionSomebody has done much of the basic work to enable the import of MS Publisher files.
However two key features seem to be missing.
Linked text boxes are imported, but without links, so that the imported text begins afresh in each of the boxes.
Graphics which have been resized in Publisher come into Scribus cropped instead.
Steps To ReproduceI am attaching a small test file in Publisher which demonstrates these problems.
Also a pdf of what that file looked like in Publisher.
Additional InformationMS Publisher will soon be unsupported, so many people are looking for an alternative which is able to import their stock of old .pub files.
If these issues were fixed, Scribus would pick up a huge number of new users.
Tagsimport, import publisher, mspub
Attached Files
test1.pub (173,056 bytes)
test1.pdf (535,669 bytes)
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ale

2026-02-21 19:00

manager   ~0053515

Thank you for sharing the files.

Without having such "simple" samples, it's hard to spot what does not work.

Still somebody needs to dig into it...
We will see if somebody will take the time for it...

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2026-02-21 16:53 iantarrant New Issue
2026-02-21 16:53 iantarrant Tag Attached: import
2026-02-21 16:53 iantarrant Tag Attached: import publisher
2026-02-21 16:53 iantarrant Tag Attached: mspub
2026-02-21 16:53 iantarrant File Added: test1.pub
2026-02-21 16:53 iantarrant File Added: test1.pdf
2026-02-21 19:00 ale Note Added: 0053515