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Why is Publisher being phased out, and what is Microsoft replacing it with? Will Microsoft 365 be cheaper since they are phasing out the program?
As a senior and a person who has ADHD, I don't like change, I don't like to have to upgrade and purchase programs that were included and continue to pay higher prices for fewer services. I use Publisher a lot. We make camping calendars, calendars for family birthdays, workers' schedules, etc. Soon, there will be nothing in Microsoft to fulfill this. I make camping meal plans, and prep and supplies. and no, word and its things suck. Not even close to being user-friendly for seniors, if you learned to use Word before, the updates are not as user-friendly. Great for kids learning it now, sucks for seniors. I make banners, posters, cards, signs, etc. What will I use now? I had a chat with Mohammad for 20 minutes, and he kept telling me Microsoft has a plan, just wait for it. I did mention that once you state you are phasing things out, you already have a plan and might as well explain it. No large company or corporation says they are phasing something out if they haven't come up with a plan already! When he suggested I wait, I was not impressed at all. Wait for what? Wait to hear we waited too long to be a voice the company needed to hear from us sooner? Not a happy Granny!
The person I spoke with said that the company and higher-ups need to hear from us. If you like Publisher, let them know. I am trying!!
A desktop publishing application from Microsoft that focuses on page layout and graphic design.
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Got an email from Microsoft to inform me that it is time for me to renew my subscription. Instead of being cheaper since we are losing Publisher, the yearly subscription is $30 more.
I was told that Microsoft does not monitor this community bulletin board. You can send feedback to Microsoft using the feedback portal at https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/. I am not sure if there is a specific category for Publisher. If there isn't, you can use the Word category. Share this information. Maybe if Microsoft hears from enough of us, they will do better than just advising us to save all our publisher files to pdf and actually improve the functionality of Word. Or better yet keep Publisher.
I too use Microsoft Publisher. I have attempted to insert our club newsletter in Microsoft Word and it is not going well. I like sliding text boxes off to the side and not able to do that with Word. I attempt to move charts and it does not go well! Very frustrating to work on the newsletter in Word. I am very upset with Microsoft dropping Publisher.
Without tutorials of any kind, By trial and error I found you can edit a picture in power point similar to publisher. Like changing the shape to an oval with soft edges bit then if you copy that edited picture and paste it to Word, not all the formatting goes along. The oval.shape will remain but not the sodt edges. I downloaded a.number of Avery templates for Word for labels and grreti g cards and such. But they don't have the same functionality as publisher where you design a label and it will print a whole page but if you want 10 labels the same you have to copy, paste and align them on the page. Very awkward.
Also I was told that Microsoft doesn't monitor this community bulletin board. You can send feedback to Microsoft using the feedback portal at https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/. I am not sure if there is a specific category for Publisher. If there isn't, you can use the Word category. Shar this information and send feedback to Microsoft. Maybe if they hear from enough of us, they will do better than telling us to copy files to pdf.
Ahhh, thank you! God bless you for answering me.
Getting up with microsoft is as much fun as trying to contact someone at meta!!
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