stillPUB opens the Publisher files you already have, in your browser, and keeps them editable: text boxes, pictures, pages, the way you always worked. Print them as high-quality PDFs or export JPG and PNG. Free, no account, and your files never leave your computer.
Free, no subscription No account No upload No installation Works offline after first load
Three kinds of file open in stillPUB. Pick yours for a short guide, or skip straight to the app.
Opens as an editable page layout. Text, pictures, shapes and pages come across, and a report names anything that did not.
How to open it without Publisher .docxOpens as pages of editable text boxes, pictures and tables. Arrange it, then export PDF or JPG and PNG images.
Word to JPG, PNG or a layout .pdfOpens as pictures of its pages. Put a new date or a banner over the old one, add pages, export again or turn it into images.
What you can do with a PDFHave a folder or drive full of Publisher files? Scan it locally without changing the originals, then use the compatibility guide to review the results.
Church bulletins, school newsletters, club flyers, certificates. The documents that were never going to be rebuilt from scratch.
Bring the bulletins, newsletters, certificates, and flyers you've built over the years. stillPUB reads .pub files and imports Word .docx files directly. When it detects a conversion change, it names it in the import warnings so you can check the affected pages.
Text boxes, pictures, and shapes on a page, with a familiar tabbed toolbar. Move things, restyle them, add pages, and line everything up with rulers, margins, and snapping.
Export a print-quality PDF with embedded fonts for the printer or print shop, or export pages as JPG or PNG for email, websites, and social media.
Sixty seconds recorded from the real app, then the same four steps as stills.
This page is a website, but the app does all of its work on your own machine. There is no upload button because there is nowhere to upload to.
One honest exception: stillPUB has an optional AI session that is off until you start it yourself. If you connect an AI agent, that agent can read your document, and many agents are cloud services. The Privacy Policy spells out exactly what it sees.
Two dates matter, and neither one of them touches the files you already have.
Dates from Microsoft's support article "Microsoft Publisher will no longer be supported after October 2026". The full timeline and a plan are in the end-of-support guide.
Subscribers lose the application itself. Microsoft says they "will no longer be able to open or edit Publisher files in Publisher". Nothing else in the suite opens a .pub file.
Perpetual Publisher licences keep running on the machines they are on, with no further updates, fixes or support.
The .pub files on your computer are not deleted or changed. They just need a program that reads them, or they become unreachable. stillPUB exists so those files keep working.
No. The page you're reading is hosted like any website, but when you open a .pub file, all reading, editing, and PDF exporting happens inside your browser on your own computer. Your document never travels over the internet, and there is no server that could store it.
Yes. Retirement removes the Publisher application, not your files. The .pub documents on your computer stay exactly where they are, and stillPUB reads them directly, so you can keep opening, editing, and printing them.
Many documents retain their text boxes, pictures, shapes, and layout. Some Publisher features do not have an equivalent yet, and fonts can change line breaks. stillPUB names conversion changes it can detect in the import warnings. Check every page before relying on it, because an empty panel is not proof of identical visual fidelity. See the Publisher compatibility guide.
Yes. stillPUB is a free, browser-based alternative to Microsoft Publisher. It opens .pub files and Word .docx files, keeps them editable, and saves print-quality PDF, JPG and PNG. There is no subscription, no account and no installation.
Open the .docx in stillPUB, then use File > Save As and choose JPEG as the file type, the same way Publisher's Save As works. Pick 96 DPI for email and the web or 300 DPI for print; the DPI is written into the file. PNG and PDF are in the same list.
No. It runs in a modern browser (Chrome, Edge, or Firefox on a normal computer). Open the app, open your file, get to work.
No. stillPUB does not write the .pub format. stillPUB saves an editable .stillpub file that reopens with everything in place, and exports PDF, JPG and PNG for sharing and printing. Your original .pub file is never changed.
There is no mailing list because there is no database of you. Releases and Publisher news go on the news page, with an RSS feed any reader or email client can follow. Questions, real files that did not convert, and requests go straight to the studio.
It takes one click and nothing leaves your computer. If stillPUB can't convert something, it names detected changes in the import warnings.
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