PUB Rescue for Windows
PUB Rescue converts .pub files on your own computer, a whole folder at a time, and tells you exactly what didn't come across.
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What's changing
In October 2026 Microsoft is retiring Publisher: it leaves Microsoft 365 on 1 October, and support for the remaining versions ends on 13 October. Years of newsletters, flyers and templates are in a format almost nothing else opens properly.
Microsoft's announcementHow it works
Reports
If a font is missing or an effect can't be reproduced, you'll know which file and which page.
Parish directory 2014.pub
12 pages · Publisher 2013 · PDF and PowerPoint written
Layout and fonts
PUB Rescue lays out every page itself, and we check the results against more than 400 PDFs exported by Microsoft Publisher. Text that flows across linked boxes comes out once, in the right order.
For common Office fonts you don't have, PUB Rescue uses look-alikes with the same letter widths, so lines break in the same places. The report lists which fonts to install for an exact match.
Editable PowerPoint
Need to change something? Every page also becomes a PowerPoint slide, with the text still editable and the boxes where they were.
Privacy
No upload, no account, and it works without internet.
Large archives
If you stop halfway, the next run picks up where it left off. Files kept only in OneDrive are fetched one at a time.
Made for shared drives and whole archives.
Leave it running. A damaged file is set aside and reported; the rest carry on.
One report for the whole batch, to check or to hand over.
Shared folders, deep folder trees and files kept only in OneDrive.
For use within a company or organisation.
Pricing
The free trial converts everything to PDF with a watermark, so you can check your own files first.
Every file to PDF with a watermark, and the full report. No PowerPoint files.
For one person's own, non-commercial use. PDF without a watermark, and PowerPoint.
For use within a company or organisation. The same features as Personal.
Prices are announced when PUB Rescue is available in the Microsoft Store.
FAQ
No. PUB Rescue reads .pub files itself.
No. Everything happens on your computer, and it works without internet.
No. Converted files go into a new folder.
Files from Publisher 2000 to Microsoft 365. Older files are converted where possible, and the report says what was lost.
A PDF of every file (with an archival PDF/A option) and a PowerPoint file with editable text.
Not at launch.
The report tells you which file, which page and what, so you know exactly what to check.
No. You pay once. The free trial converts everything to PDF with a watermark.
We're finishing it now. Join the waitlist and we'll send one email when it's in the Microsoft Store.
A PC with Windows 10 (version 22H2) or Windows 11, 64-bit.
From the Microsoft Store, like any other Store app.
Only to buy it in the Microsoft Store. Converting works offline.
Yes. The report tells you if a font or a character needs attention.
The rest of the batch carries on, and the report lists the file that couldn't be converted.
It's planned. Tell us in the waitlist form if you need it.
No. PUB Rescue is a Windows app. We don't run an upload service; if a site asks you to upload your files, it isn't us.
No. It's an independent product and isn't affiliated with Microsoft.
We'll send one email when PUB Rescue is available.