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Publisher replacement ideas
Below are the alternatives available:
- Affinity Publisher:
- A popular choice for its simplicity and affordability.
- Offers a one-time purchase (no subscription) and is compatible with macOS, Windows, and iPad.
- Scribus:
- A free, open-source desktop publishing tool.
- Great for creating professional layouts, though it might have a slight learning curve.
- Canva:
- Web-based and very intuitive.
- Ideal for creating visually appealing designs, though it may lack advanced desktop publishing features.
- Affinity Publisher:
If the big worry is all your old .pub files, have a look at PubStudio (pubstudioapp.com). Full disclosure, I make it.
It's a Windows app that opens .pub files from Publisher 98 right up to 365 and lets you keep editing them, with a ribbon that should feel pretty familiar. The free version opens, edits, prints and saves anything, and exports to PDF. New installs also get a week of Pro to try the extras like mail merge and the full template library.
If you try it and a file doesn't look right, there's a button in the app to send it to me and I'll fix it.
are you kidding me? Why didn't anybody tell me about this? Who are you? I just opened one of my many Pub files that opened in a fraction of the time it took to open in Publisher. If this works and I can really edit, uou are GOLD. I cannot believe that there are not other comments to this post!