Publisher alternative in 2026

I feel I have to comment that M/S Word is no match for the excellence of M/S Publisher, in spite of the fact that, perhaps, current users are declining! I have many thousands of files which will need attention or, I guess, lost! I really hope that a suitable conversion or new transfer application will appear before October, 2026! Or, I may have to go back to Pages and re-establish my much earlier association with Apple Mac!

It is discouraging and since I to date have done mostly invitations or cards on it, I will consider making a change now. I find that these large companies are too big or layered to really care about any of our concerns. For those of you who have invested years into Publisher, this is a difficult situation. What makes Publisher so good is the simplicity of the program.

Publisher has been a wonderful program for me. It is used for my card and art company of 12 years. Two 2 computers are owned and a 3rd just purchased which has not been used. All have MS365 on them. I'm trying to find/get a definite answer to the same question as well, but from what was read a while back, we will not be able to use Publisher (including if someone owns a stand alone version) or even to open up our files. We might be able to access a PDF of the file. Unfortunately that doesn't help. At this point I believe all of the previously completed jobs and files will have to recreated in another program. I hope I am wrong!!

For clarification --- I have Publisher on my computer and really love it. Simple to use and fast. I will look into the software suggested but here is the question.... If I have the program on my computer will it be wiped out in 2026 or just not supported if something goes wrong?

I use three computers and each one has publisher on it. It is part of the 365 suite.

Appreciate everyone's questions and answers!

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