By Simon Batt
Publication Date: 2026-10-14 17:46:00
Summary
- LibreOffice welcomes Publisher refugees after Microsoft drops Publisher from Office 365.
- They reverse-engineered the PUB file format into a libmspub library to read and convert PUB files to ODF.
- ODF keeps layouts editable and avoids vendor lock-in for years to come.
Whenever Microsoft begins to sunset a beloved product, there’s usually an open-source alternative that pops up and announces that it will gladly take on the people who were left behind. One of the reasons I run Linux with KDE Plasma these days is because I saw KDE’s open invitation to the Windows 10 community that didn’t want to let go of their old hardware. Now,…
