PUB Rescue Editor

by Macon Apps

Open your Publisher files. Fix them. Keep them.

Microsoft Publisher retires in October 2026 and Word can't open .pub files. PUB Rescue Editor shows every page as it was designed and lets you fix it — change text, move and resize boxes, swap pictures, find & replace across pages — then save it as PDF, Word, text or images, right here, without uploading anything.

Drop your .pub files here

or click to browse — select many files at once for batch conversion

Private by design

Unlike web converters, nothing is uploaded. Parsing runs inside your browser, so it works offline and your church newsletters, invoices, and flyers stay on your computer.

Edit, then export

Change a date, fix a phone number, move a box, swap a logo, or find & replace across every page. Edits are kept in your browser and go into every export: PDF, Word (.docx), page images and text.

Batch rescue

Drop a whole folder of old newsletters and convert them all to PDF in one ZIP — the job to finish before October. PDF, Word, image and batch export are in the Windows app (free editor, one-time Pro unlock).

The web version is the free editor (open, edit, read, copy, print, save as text). PUB Rescue Editor renders pages from Publisher 98 through Publisher 2021 files and lets you edit what is on them. Fonts you don't have installed are substituted, and a few Publisher effects (WordArt, some table borders) are approximated.