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I am very upset that Publisher will no longer be supported or will be used in Microsoft 365. I have used this program for the majority of my work and it upsets me that I will lose all of my past work and have to adjust all my layouts and projects through a program that does not feature what can be accomplished through Publisher. Publisher has a lot of features that Word does not have. It is easier to do layout - adding items and publishing documents through Publisher. If you do not want to include it in the package deal than I would like to see it as an add-on.
PLEASE consider this option!!!
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A desktop publishing application from Microsoft that focuses on page layout and graphic design.
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You cannot convert Publisher files to Word files. They will not convert. This is absolute nonsense!!
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Yes - Why? I am 85 years old. I use publisher to maintain address lists for over 170 other old people. Keeping up the information is enough - learning a new app is asking too much. . BTW - It had been 180 people, but we are dying off. Mmmm - Maybe I should have gone with WordPerfect all those years ago.
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I experienced the same, Word is fine into publisher but Publisher into words with ample of Image FX or MailMerge Data...
not working... i use publisher for data base publishing making sure everything is printed where it belongs to.
I have a workaround via 2dream.studii that can read publisher files with minor issues but its still beta. I tried affinity and affinity publisher... they are OK but not as office integrated as publisher.
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There are other alternatives you can try like Printicorn and InDesign that take .pub files. Printicorn also has a automatic converter to make a lot of Publisher files editable in its format.