For everyone who ran a church, school, or business on Publisher
Publisher is ending. Your publications aren't.
PubKeep, the Publisher you Keep.
Microsoft removes Publisher from Microsoft 365 on October 1, 2026. PubKeep Converter turns your .pub files into exact PDFs today. And the PubKeep desktop app opens them again the way Publisher did, so you can keep publishing.
Exact PDFs, page for page. Whole folders at once. Buy the desktop app once, keep it forever.
St. Brigid Parish
Easter Bulletin
4 pages
St. Brigid Parish
Easter Bulletin
4 pages
Same page. New formats. Nothing lost.
From PubKeep users
People are already keeping their work.
“I was greatly distressed at the prospect of losing the thousands of Microsoft Publisher files I’ve created over the past 30 years. PubKeep is a better solution than I even dared hope for. Not only can I save and view my existing files, I can modify them or create new ones in an app nearly identical to the user-friendly environment I’m accustomed to.”
“I am just so excited that we have an answer for Publisher. I am just a church secretary and don’t want to have to learn programs that I will never fully use. Thank you so much!”
Two ways to keep your work
Pick the path that fits you.
Convert your archive to PDF today. Or open your files again in a desktop app. You can do both.
PubKeep Converter
Save every .pub file as a PDF you can read and share for good.
- Exact PDFs, page for page and font for font.
- Convert a whole folder at once, subfolders and all.
- Get exact PDFs, page for page and font for font.
PubKeep desktop
Open your .pub files again and keep editing, on your own computer.
- Opens .pub files the way Publisher did.
- Edit text boxes, master pages, and fold-over booklets.
- Runs on Windows and macOS. Buy it once.
October 1, 2026
What changes, and what does not.
One app is going away. Your files are not going anywhere.
Microsoft 365 loses Publisher
On October 1, 2026, a Microsoft 365 subscription can no longer install Publisher. Microsoft says to convert your files before then.
Older copies keep working, for now
Publisher 2016, 2019, and 2021 still open .pub files. Microsoft ends their support on October 13, 2026. Office LTSC 2024 shipped with no Publisher.
Microsoft says convert first
Microsoft's own advice is plain, "Convert your existing files to another format before 10/1/2026."
Read the Microsoft noticeWhat doesn't change: your files. The .pub format has no kill switch. You lose the app that reads them, not your work.
Why PubKeep
Built to keep your work, not trap it.
Perfect Publisher exports
Your .pub files convert to PDF exactly as they looked in Publisher: page for page, font for font, with bleeds and rotated frames intact. Nothing is re-flowed or approximated.
Private by design
We store your files securely in your account. A person never opens them, and only you can access them.
An open format you can inspect
The desktop app saves to .pubk, an open and documented format. It is a zip of JSON and your images. You can open it with any archive tool, today or in twenty years.
Buy once, keep forever
The desktop app is a one-time purchase. No subscription. The version you buy runs forever, and you keep the last update you got.
You are not the only one
What Publisher users are saying.
These are real, public posts from people who use Publisher. They are not our customers. They face the same change you do.
"We use Publisher for our church, too. It is ideal for formatting bulletins. I use the 8.5 by 11 fold-over booklet format. I'm not sure how I would accomplish this with any other software."
"I have thousands of Publisher files; I'm not opening each one individually to convert them. This is 20 years of work that my business is going to lose."
"We have more than 20 thousand products and templates saved in Publisher. I tried to convert it to PDF as suggested, but that doesn't allow me to change photos or text."
Two paths, one goal
Keep your files. Keep your layouts. Keep publishing.
Convert your archive to PDF today. Or join the list for the desktop app that opens .pub files again.