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Convert your Microsoft Publisher newsletters, flyers, menus, certificates and more into PDFs, or editable files compatible with Word, InDesign, Affinity and LibreOffice.

Preview up to 100 pages and 25 MB per file, watermarked. No account or email needed.

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An engine built for Publisher files.

PubConvert reads the .pub format directly with its own renderer, written from scratch in Rust. It is compared page by page against Publisher's own output on real documents and updated when it doesn't match. Publisher is still the gold standard for its own files; the goal is to close the gap.

What the engine handles:

  • WordArt keeps its shape, including text on a curve
  • Tables keep borders, fills, alignment, including calendars
  • Classic clip art renders instead of disappearing
  • Gradients and picture effects survive
  • Multi-page documents in the right page order
  • Rotated and flipped shapes land where they belong

I built PubConvert for my friends and family.

Some have a career's worth of publications in Microsoft Publisher. Others have a family cookbook, updated over years. I want their files to open correctly, every time.

Publisher users each relied on a different corner of the program, so no small set of features covers most files. I test the engine against real documents, compare its output to Publisher's, and fix what doesn't match.

PubConvert is not finished. The engine updates below are the record of that.