About the difference between opening and inserting a file

There is a subtle difference between opening a file and inserting a file. You open files by clicking Open . Many types of text files are opened this way.

Insert text or graphic files that were not created in Microsoft Publisher by clicking the Picture or Text File command on the Insert menu.

Text can be inserted into a text box or table. Pictures are imported into a picture frame.

Text files that can be opened in or imported into Publisher 2002

• Microsoft Publisher versions 98 and later files
• Microsoft Word 2.0 and later files
• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 4.0–5.1files
• Microsoft Excel worksheet files
• HTML files
• Lotus 1-2-3 files
• Plain (ASCII) text files
• Rich Text Format (.rtf) files
• Unicode text files
• WordPerfect 5.x and 6.x files

Picture files that can be imported into Publisher 2002

• Microsoft PhotoDraw Format (.mix)
• Compressed Microsoft Windows Enhanced Metafile (.emf)
• Windows Bitmap (.bmp)
• Windows Metafile (.wmf)
• Computer Graphics Metafile (.cgm)
• CorelDraw Format (.cdr)
• Encapsulated PostScript (.eps)
• Enhanced Metafile (.emf)
• FPX Format (.fpx)
• Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)
• JPEG File Interchange Format (.jpg or .jpeg)
• Kodak Photo CD (.pcd)
• Macintosh Picture and Compressed Picture (.pict)
• Portable Network Graphics (.png)
• Tag Image File Format (.tif or .tiff)
• PC Paintbrush (.pcx)
• WordPefect Graphics (.wpg)