I use 365 here.
73/161,
Allen R. Brier N5XZ
1515 Windloch Lane
Richmond, TX 77406 USA
713-705-4801
[email protected]
From: BVARC <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Daniel Godbout via BVARC
Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2026 12:41 AM
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]>
Cc: Daniel Godbout <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [BVARC] End of Microsoft Publisher: Recommendations?
Word format now is more like publisher
Do you use the 365 or the stand alone like pub 2021
I may be able to get you a pub 2021 standalone if interested
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behalf of Mark Triplett via BVARC <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2026 22:06
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
Cc: Mark Triplett <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
Subject: Re: [BVARC] End of Microsoft Publisher: Recommendations?
Allen, unfortunately, there are no programs, free or paid, that will guarantee
a seamless import of .PUB files. Many claim it, but it is a closed-in file
format. But there are some tools that can help.
The LibreOffice: Draw module, free, says it can open them, but usually poorly
and most likely breaking formatting, but it would allow you to extract the
date/text from the document and re-create it somewhere else. You also have that
option in Publisher where you can open it and copy/paste or even export as a
PDF.
Canva and the Affinity suite are bot pretty good alternates. Canva is online
and they do have free tier which for free is pretty good. The paid tier is
better, but you may not need that level. Affinity, which is part of Canva, is a
pay once use forever and their tools are on a level with all of the Adobe suite
of Photoshop, Illustrator & Indesign. I paid under $100 for that level of
software and I did not have to rent it monthly.
Text will be fairly simple, tables will be a hitch.
So right now, I know the clock is running to October, your best bet is to start
extracting the data you’ll need to move it to another software package. If I
had to pick, export the data from Publisher and move it to Canva.Canva has the
easiest learning curve.
Mark. - K3MBC
On Jul 24, 2026, at 9:08 PM, Allen Brier via BVARC <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
Microsoft will no longer support Publisher in a month or two. I use it to
prepare the TDXS Newsletter (the ‘Bullsheet’). I’m looking for recommendations
of what is the easiest to convert to…using my existing MS Publisher file as a
template.
73/161,
Allen R. Brier N5XZ
1515 Windloch Lane
Richmond, TX 77406 USA
713-705-4801
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
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