.pub Publishing & drawings
How to open a .pub file
Microsoft Publisher Document
Desktop-publishing files that nothing except Publisher opens - until now.
- Full name
- Microsoft Publisher Document
- Made by
- Microsoft
- Era
- 1991-present
- Family
- Publishing & drawings
- Converts to
- pdf · png · svg
- Detection
- Recognised from the file's bytes, even if renamed
Convert .pub to PDF or PNG online
Free, no install, no account. The file is deleted from our servers after 3 hours.
Drop your .pub file here
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Your file is processed in a private workspace and deleted after 3 hours.
What survives the conversion
Publisher 98-2016 layouts open as drawings; text stays selectable in PDF. Fonts are substituted.
Other ways to open .pub files
- Microsoft Publisher
- LibreOffice Draw
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- .fhMacromedia FreeHand Drawing1988-2007
- .qxpQuarkXPress Document1987-present
- .wmfWindows Metafile1990-present
- .emfWindows Enhanced Metafile1993-present
- .wpgWordPerfect Graphics1980s-2000s