Why schools use it
Publisher ran the classroom and the front office.
For years it made the things a school sends home, the newsletters, the awards programs, the field-trip flyers, the reading logs, and the yearbook pages. The work usually lives on one classroom or office computer, built by a teacher or an aide.
Those files didn't stop working on October 1. The .pub format has no kill switch, and PubKeep opens them with the same text boxes, master pages, and booklets you already use, so nobody has to rebuild last year's work.
“I publish an elementary school yearbook, 120 pages each year. I am glad that I don’t need to abandon my Publisher files.”
Your year in PubKeep
Open last year's newsletter, and go.
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Open last year's file
Open the newsletter, program, or flyer right where it lives on the classroom computer. It comes in page for page, master pages and all.
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Update it and save
Change the dates, names, and photos, then use File > Save As. PubKeep saves your work as a PubKeep file (.pubk), and your original .pub stays as it was.
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Print it, flat or folded
Print as usual, or choose Booklet in Page Setup for a program that folds, and PubKeep prints the pages in the right order.
Make the newsletter a template
Save it once with File > Save As and choose PubKeep Template as the type. Each issue, start a fresh copy from File > New > Personal. On Windows, the templates you saved in Publisher show up there too.
Windows and Mac
Use it on the classroom PC and the Mac at home. PubKeep runs right on your own computer.
Pay once, no subscription
A license covers one computer. Volume licenses cover 5 to 25 computers with one license key.
Try it, then decide
Try it free for 7 days on your own files, with no card. If you buy, you get a 30-day refund, for any reason.
Only need PDFs?
Keep the archive as PDFs with PubKeep Converter.
If you only want years of old newsletters and programs as PDFs to keep or share with families, PubKeep Converter turns a whole folder of .pub files into exact PDFs in your browser, page for page and font for font, nothing re-flowed. The first 3 files are free, then one-time packs from $49. See how the converter works.
Questions
Common questions.
Yes. PubKeep opens .pub files natively on Windows and Mac, with no copy of Publisher needed. Publisher leaving Microsoft 365 did not change the files themselves.
Yes. Open last year's file, update it, and save it as a PubKeep file. To reuse a layout, use File > Save As and choose PubKeep Template, then start each new one from File > New > Personal. Booklet printing puts folded programs in the right order.
Yes. PubKeep runs on Windows and Mac. A license covers one computer, and volume licenses cover 5 to 25 computers with one license key.
PubKeep is a one-time price with no subscription, and you can try it free for 7 days on your own files first, with no card. Every purchase comes with a 30-day refund, for any reason. Current prices are on the PubKeep pricing page.
Use PubKeep Converter. It turns a whole folder of .pub files into exact PDFs, page for page and font for font. The first 3 files are free, and one-time packs start at $49 for 50 files.
Keep reading
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Free for 7 days
Open last year's newsletter in PubKeep.
Windows and Mac. No card for the trial, and a 30-day refund if you buy.