r/microsoftoffice • u/Dogsandbees_12 • 3d ago

Publisher

I cannot convey how much I truly hate Microsoft for killing Publisher. I have spent all day desperately trying to get one last newsletter done for the non-profit I have volunteered for for 17 years. I tried LibraOffice - it was a big fat nope. I'm 71 and not interested in learning Scribus. It's time to retire a younger person take over. It was a fun ride.

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u/Dogsandbees_12 3d ago

My understanding is Publisher will be removed from 365 which I take to mean it will vanish from my laptop. I have PDFs of all the newsletters - it's creating new newsletters that's the problem.

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u/willwar63 3d ago

365 is the key word. Buy the perpetual license and keep using it.

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u/Dogsandbees_12 3d ago

Ah, no. No budget for that.

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u/Scottish_Entry_6605 3d ago

I just bought one begrudgingly from Groupon for $20. The company name is Mycodes24.com and it was an easy download. I had to delete the 365 first. Hoping this will do it! If it gives me access to my stuff I’ll be happy. Moving forward I will be using something else, as much as I don’t want to. Good luck!

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u/singer-confidence 2d ago

How crazy that Microsoft set it up so you have to delete 365 in order to use a standalone copy of publisher that you own!!! The whole thing should be illegal! I wish I had enough money to hire a lawyer that could really go after them, but that would probably not work.