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?

Anonymous
2025-04-13T17:55:25+00:00

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!!

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-06-05T14:25:04+00:00

    Lamar. Thank you for this. I'm surenit will help many but for those of us with limited macro experience we may need more guidance. Do we remove parentheses and enter our own folder names where it seems they are indicated?

    I, like so many others have decades of files in various subfolders in a documents subfolder labeled "publisher". Under publisher, I have subfolders for Cards, Labels, certificates, etc and subfolders under those, birthday, other holidays, graduation, etc. How would I modify the macro you offered to get those entire folder contents converted to PDF. Right now I am working through using convert on each file and saving them in a folder called projects. It is very time consuming, but I don't know much about creating a macro. I know it's a lot to ask, but could you help out this of us users with limited macro experience?

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-06-05T14:02:52+00:00

    Done! I just left feedback. I doubt it will change their mind, but had to speak up, too.

    Thank you for this info.

    Blessings,

    Donna Mc

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-06-05T13:59:39+00:00

    Thank you for the guidance. This is truly a nightmare for us - I have sooooo many Publisher files that will be affected. I can't image the time I'm going to be spending setting up and converting... not to mention trying to work with Word & other programs moving forward.

    Hopefully your guidance will make that smoother.

    Thanks again!!

    Donna Mc

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-06-05T13:44:29+00:00

    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. There is also a feedback button in the Help tab in Publisher. Post your comments there.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-06-05T13:43:43+00:00

    Go to the site below to get an Excel or Access file to bulk export Publisher files to PDF. I have used it, and it works great. You will need to put in the folder containing the Publisher files. Will have to do this for each folder.

    Bulk-export Microsoft Publisher documents to PDF - VBA - SS64.com

    Or just click here to download the zip file containing the above macro in both Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access forms. You may need to unblock and enable macros. This link is found at the bottom of the above page.

    I hope everyone is clicking the feedback button in Publisher and telling Microsoft to not remove Publisher. When you do use the "Word" category to post your comment to not remove Publisher.

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