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Hello, What software will people be using and why when Publisher is phased out in October 2026? Thank you.
I know there's InDesign and Canva. Also, will Publisher files be able to be converted ?
A desktop publishing application from Microsoft that focuses on page layout and graphic design.
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I am in the same boat. I work for two non-profits. I have been searching for easy to use alternatives but so far, I have not found any.
I signed up for a free trial of Affinity and pretty quickly figured out that it was created for someone with a lot more knowledge that what is needed for Publisher. It is not intuitive and is very clunky. I am not sure that I will stick with it.
100% agree with Amanda! I have hundred of publisher files that I would have to recreate in another program. Canva is ok, but agree its not great and there is a lot you can't do on canva that you can do with publisher. This is very disappointing!
Im not starting over. Going with canva. Im a good at canva. I just not to move some text boxes but it coverted well.
Our nope. Our npo has spent enough.
We have also considered ditching the newsletter all together.
Canva is the closet. But geez.