Publisher alternative in 2026

Aloha from Hawaii:

I depend upon Publisher for a monthly newsletter I publish. I also have fun throughout the year creating documents for friends and family and occasionally help with another newsletter. (My time is donated and the documents are shared free of charge. Yet, I pay for my own 365 subscription out of pocket, just so I can have Publisher.) I have tried doing documents in Word, but the program is stodgy and just won't allow for creative layout even for a single page, let alone a 12-page document full of photos and articles and art. Please don't leave us journalistic types hanging.

Leigh

Thanks, Jef. I have already downloaded LibreOffice and believe it will do the job. However, I am still hopeful something even better will turn up before Publisher cancellation date!

Cheers, Ray.

As far as I can see, there is only 1 decent alternative: LibreOffice Draw.

It has the best compatibility with your older *.PUB files.

When Microsoft let us down, I guess it will be go to alternative.

> check it out four your self. It is in the LibreOffice suit (you can not download it individually, but you can create a desktop shortcut toe LibreOffice Draw).

https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice/

Greetings

Jef

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I have been using Publisher for years to create genealogy albums and am devastated that this fantastic tool is being dropped. I have literally hundreds of pages that I will have to save as pdfs or jpgs to make sure I don't lose them. How can you do this to your customers? Please reconsider this decision or at least offer some alternatives.

Karen E