Publisher alternative in 2026

Anonymous
2024-05-30T12:21:21+00:00

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 ?

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-02-21T07:32:40+00:00

    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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  2. Anonymous
    2025-02-21T21:13:26+00:00

    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.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-02-27T01:17:36+00:00

    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

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-05T03:08:10+00:00

    Thank God I closed my newsletter to my clients at the end of 2024 which I had been publishing monthly with MS Publisher for four years. Who knew MS was going to cut services but not subscription fees? Brilliant. I don't plan to start a new one, but if I ever do it will certainly not involve an MS product. Sabotage like this is exactly why I stopped paying for a yearly subscription for any online service several years ago; I saw too many times how customers were ripped-off mid-subscription, and never compensated. All their dissapointed customers ever got was a insincere apology and some happy talk. MS is no better. It's outrageous.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-03-05T09:12:55+00:00

    Thanks Alex for your response. I am still hopeful that a way can be found to resolve this disastrous MS decision. Perhaps there is a company competitor (?) who could buy the 'programing rights' (I don't know the legal jargon here!) and reintroduce the program (as an upgrade?) under another umbrella. I also have two MS Publisher CD versions which I purchased some years ago. Maybe they could be utilised in some way, although not being a Technical 'Wizzbang' I don't know if that would be possible! Anyway, let's keep our disappointment to the fore.

    Cheers,

    Ray Fowke.

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