Publisher alternative in 2026

I agree. When I started using Publisher (about 25 years ago) I had to learn how to use it on my own. Many of the built-in features could not produce what I wanted, but I learned many work-arounds by trial and error. My personal opinion is the staff that came in to support it after it was first released didn't know how to use it either. It has features that are not available anywhere else to my knowledge. It is a valuable tool.

Does WP allow you to integrate (and enhance) photos and other artwork into the text?

I'm going back to WordPerfect, I'm sure there are a lot more features of WordPerfect that would work that I hadn't figured out before. Also I contacted WP company to suggest they come up with a conversion from Publisher.

That is correct. Word is not that useful for such work. I am looking at Adobe Pro or Adobe Express to see if it will work. Would be good if Microsoft would either continue with Publisher even if no updates and not remove it entirely.

I have looked at alternatives to Microsoft Publisher but none of them are as easy to use. They also all seem to want me to use it in one way but I use publisher for the church magazine, for worksheets for teaching, for leaflets and posters etc - in other words I use it for a wide variety of work.

Word of course doesn't begin to compare as there is no working area around the page and moving pictures or text is often sticky and difficult.