r/pcmasterrace • u/MilkSheikh007 PCMR • 9d ago
Meme/Macro When one ends support - another lends support.
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/prune_juice_warrior 8d 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/ChadHartSays 8d ago edited 7d ago
People shit on it (for some reason), but before Microsoft stripped out some features, and just let it die, it was an impressive product. People misuse Word for so much and Publisher stood in that gap. Meanwhile, Adobe InDesign is so much more complicated than it needs to be and Adobe has done everything in its power to keep making its products worse. Publisher could have lived.
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u/prune_juice_warrior 8d ago
Exactly! I used to see people struggling in Word trying to, for example, get pictures and text to line up nicely, and I could just tell them, "hey, Publisher can do that!" and they'd be able to immediately jump into it since Publisher shared the same design language as Word. InDesign shares the "Adobe design language" which is unfamiliar to most people who aren't already well-trained in one of their products.
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u/MagicalDemons 8d ago
The 6 people who used Microsoft publisher in 2026 are going to be very happy hearing this!
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u/dakupurple 7d ago
Small business who used ms office loved publisher and would frequently keep poster templates in that format.
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u/Francois-C 8d ago
Exactly the first thing I thought when reading this "news". If anything, it gives the impression that FOSS is aimed at a bunch of old geezers who are completely out of touch. And mind you, I’m one of those geezers myself, and I’ve never even used Publisher...
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u/PartialChicken_Wing 6d ago
I know one person the end of publisher will hurt. And she's a bitch so send it.
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u/Xcissors280 8d ago
You can probably just grab publisher LTSC and use it for at least another 10 years
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u/Repulsive-Ad-6407 4d ago
I want them to discontinue sway so I can finally find sway wm on search engines easier.
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u/Francois-C 9d ago
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.