Reuse old layouts: The end for MS Publisher - continue with LibreOffice or Scribus
Microsoft has discontinued support for Publisher: Those who work with it regularly will have to look for alternatives. Which programs are suitable for simple and more complex layouts.
Microsoft has stopped supporting its desktop publishing software, Microsoft Publisher, as of mid-October. The company suggests users save their old pub documents as PDFs or convert them to docx format, but the Document Foundation, which develops LibreOffice, warns that converting to docx may corrupt complex file formatting. LibreOffice developers have made it possible to open pub files with LibreOffice Draw, save them in OpenDocument Format (ODF), and edit them.
For simple documents like newsletters, LibreOffice Draw can be used, while Scribus, a free and open-source desktop publishing program, is recommended for more complex layouts.
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