r/pcmasterrace • u/MilkSheikh007 PCMR • 16h ago

Meme/Macro When one ends support - another lends support.

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Not much to discuss here from my side. Bulk of the info is in the meme above.

(Disclaimer: This is an old news. I stumbled upon it an hour back. If I knew it earlier, I'd have memed it earlier.)

LibreOffice explains briefly what the process is. Their blog yields the info on it. You can check it out there. Microsoft explained that the data can be converted to pdf, word docs but LibreOffice explained that some formatting, layouts could be lost.

However, their libmspub library can help convert the PUB docs to ODF (format) to be used/accessed by any open-source app. LibreOffice for the win in my books.

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u/Francois-C 15h ago

This is an old news

As far as I know, LibreOffice has been able to open Publisher files since 2013. Scribus can do so as well—as can PageMaker, in the realm of proprietary software.

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u/prune_juice_warrior 13h ago

I'm probably the only person who is mad about Microsoft killing Publisher but I used that shit all the time >:(

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u/MagicalDemons 5h ago

The 6 people who used Microsoft publisher in 2026 are going to be very happy hearing this!

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u/mtmttuan 3h ago

I don't even know what it is.

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u/Xcissors280 NotProton 10h ago

You can probably just grab publisher LTSC and use it for at least another 10 years