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I built a Microsoft Publisher alternative that opens .pub files natively (Publisher retires Oct 1)

Microsoft is removing Publisher from Microsoft 365 on October 1, and perpetual versions stop getting support on October 13. That leaves a lot of people stuck: church offices, schools, small businesses, and designers with 10 to 30 years of newsletters, bulletins, and flyers in a format nothing else opens well. If you've been searching for a Microsoft Publisher alternative or replacement, this is what I built, and why. The existing options all reflow the layout. LibreOffice and Scribus impo

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痛点:Microsoft Publisher 退役导致大量历史 .pub 文件无法被现有工具高保真打开,用户被迫重做排版或寻找替代方案。

目标用户:教会/学校办公室人员、小企业主、使用 Publisher 10-30 年的设计师和行政人员。

证据:Publisher retires Oct 1... church offices, schools, small businesses, and designers with 10 to 30 years of newsletters, bulletins, and flyers in a format nothing else opens well. ... existing options all reflow the layout... For someone with hundreds of files, that means redoing every one.

变现:桌面端一次性买断授权 + 批量转换器付费升级;面向教会/学校的批量授权或年费维护;免费试用限制页数/文件数。

MVP:先做 Windows 端 .pub 批量转高保真 PDF 工具,支持拖入文件夹、预览和常见版本兼容;不做完整编辑器,用转换付费验证需求,再逐步加入简单文本替换和版式保留编辑。

竞品:Microsoft Publisher(退役中)、LibreOffice(Draw/Impress)、Scribus、Affinity Publisher、PubKeep(本贴产品)

摘要:Microsoft Publisher 将于 10 月 1 日退役,教会、学校、小企业和设计师有大量 10-30 年的 .pub 文件无法被现有工具完好打开,LibreOffice/Scribus/Affinity 导入会重排版式。发帖人推出 PubKeep,支持 Windows/Mac 原生打开并保持可编辑,另有批量转 PDF 转换器。机会来自被迫迁移和批量转换刚需,但 .pub 二进制格式解析门槛高,且帖子未给出明确付费数据。