Microsoft has announced that support for Microsoft Publisher ends on 1 October 2026, and Microsoft 365 subscribers will lose access to the application at that time.
I’ve accumulated around 850 Microsoft Publisher (.pub) files over the years. While I no longer use Publisher for new work, I didn’t want to lose the ability to view or print those documents once Publisher disappeared.
To solve the problem, I developed a simple PowerShell script that automates Microsoft Publisher’s own PDF export.
I’ve shared it in a GitHub repo for anyone who needs to do the same.
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