Publisher alternative in 2026

MS's answer was to send me a copy of Publisher 2026 and using it I discovered they had stuffed it up knowing it would be no use. This sort of arrogant mindlessness is an out dated mose in today's world.

My answer; keep old Publisher on an old laptop, NEVER GO ONLINE, Save work, Covert it to a PDF file, put it on a Flash Drive for use in another laptop for use online with your client.

Except that now, Microsoft is installing a program that blocks you from installing the legacy programs. I just returned a new laptop as I could not install Office on it. If you have an older computer running Office or Publisher, treat it like a queen.

I have been using Publisher for over thirty years to create training manuals and flyers for my business. I love this program. In fact, my husband has wanted me to buy a Mac for years and I always said no because I didn't want to have to transfer all these documents to a new format since there is no Publisher on the Mac platform. I feel very disappointed and angry because I value a company that provides consistency and reliability in their products. Will you provide an equivalent product to meet my needs? (Word and PowerPoint are not functional alternatives!) Or maybe it's time to made the move?

Have a look at Libre Office, it does have a few glitches, but it does open .PUB files in the Writer module and flows text onto following pages.

It is also free. (At the moment) https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/writer/

I was just going to say that. I can move it all to Canva and Google then.

They think the Target, Tesla, Tmobile boycotts are joke. We can easily add them.

We dont need them. Heck, I have used Chromebook for years at work. So I can use one for my PC too.

They are hurting many and not caring. The options they gave us were jokes.

They know they can make a stand alone but won't unless there is bigger push back.

Money talk folks.