Editing Microsoft Publisher (section)

==Compatibility==
Several applications can import Publisher's [[Proprietary format|proprietary file format]] (.pub) for editing with some success, including [[Collabora Online]],<ref>{{cite web|website=
Collabora Office|url=https://www.collaboraoffice.com/collabora-office-6-0/|title=
Collabora Office 6.0|date=June 13, 2018 |access-date=2024-04-03}}</ref> [[LibreOffice]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.0 |title=LibreOffice 4.0: Release Notes – the Document Foundation Wiki |access-date=2017-04-09 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518033343/https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.0 |archive-date=2017-05-18 }}</ref> and [[Scribus]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://librearts.org/2013/04/scribus-gets-basic-support-for-microsoft-publisher-documents/ | title=Scribus gets basic support for Microsoft Publisher documents | publisher=Libre Arts | date=16 Apr 2013 | accessdate=3 April 2024 | author=Prokoudine Alexandre}}</ref> Another option  is to save the document as a separate EPS file for each individual page in the publication, and to then open the EPS files in the aforementioned applications or other applications.<ref>{{cite web|website=LifeWire|url=https://www.lifewire.com/open-pub-files-without-microsoft-publisher-1074669#:~:text=Save%20the%20Publisher%20Document%20as%20an%20EPS%20File&text=To%20create%20an%20EPS%20file,time%2C%20select%20Print%20to%20file.|title=Opening PUB Files Without Microsoft Publisher|access-date=2024-04-02}}</ref>

Publisher supports some other file formats, including Microsoft's [[Enhanced Metafile]] (EMF) format, which is supported on Windows platforms. The Microsoft Publisher [[trial version]] can be used to view .pub files beyond the trial period.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA102339061033.aspx | title=Where is the Publisher viewer? | publisher=Microsoft | access-date=November 7, 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316160043/http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA102339061033.aspx | archive-date=March 16, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://support.office.com/en-us/article/where-is-the-publisher-viewer-a5a05230-654f-420e-8aa3-3b50f645c359 | title=Where is the Publisher viewer? | publisher=Microsoft | access-date=March 9, 2020 }}</ref>

[[Adobe PageMaker]] also saved files with a .pub extension, but the two file formats were unrelated and incompatible.