Publisher retires 13 October 2026   After that date Microsoft 365 will not open .pub files.
stillopens.com — a DesignLab tool

Your Publisher files still open.

Microsoft is switching Publisher off. Drop a .pub file below and this page will read it — page count, every word of text, embedded pictures, and the fonts it depends on.

The file never leaves your computer. There is no upload and no server; the reader runs in this browser tab. Turn off your internet and it still works.

Drop a .pub file here or press to choose one — nothing is uploaded

What a rescue recovers

This is a content migration, not a copy of your layout. Publisher's format keeps positioning in structures that no software outside Publisher reads reliably, so DesignLab recovers the part you cannot recreate — the words and the pictures — and leaves you to place them.

Comes across

  • Every block of text, editable
  • Headings detected and styled
  • Every embedded picture
  • Page count and reading order
  • The fonts the file relies on

Does not

  • Original positions and sizes
  • Colours and text formatting
  • Boxes, lines and borders
  • Tables and WordArt
  • Mail-merge fields

Why we say it that way

Plenty of converters promise a perfect copy and quietly drop half the document. You would find out at the printer. DesignLab reports exactly what it recovered and exactly what it did not, every time you import — the same report this page just showed you.

No upload, and you can check

Your newsletters, price lists and member records are your business. This page reads the file with JavaScript running in your own browser — there is no request to any server, because there is no server. View source, or open your network tab and drop a file: nothing goes out.

DesignLab itself works the same way. Projects are plain files in a folder you choose, the AI tools run on your own machine, and it keeps working with no internet and no subscription.

Download DesignLab for Windows 70 MB · Windows 10 and 11 · installs for you only, no admin password.
No subscription. Your projects stay as ordinary files in a folder you choose.