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Microsoft Publisher file format family

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file format family

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Extensions	`.pub`
MIME types	`application/vnd.ms-publisherapplication/x-mspublisher`
Signatures	`fdffffff02` at byte 512
Wikidata	`Q7121072`

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libmspubOpen sourcereads · Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
LibreOfficeOpen sourcereads · MPL-2.0
LibreOffice DrawOpen sourcereads · Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
PhotoRecOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
Q8295Open sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
Microsoft Office Publisher 2003reads and writes
Microsoft Office Publisher 2007reads and writes
Microsoft Publisher 6.0reads and writes
CorelDRAW Graphics Suitereads
MediaRich Serverreads
Photorecoveryreads

Convert it

To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
OpenDocument Graphics file format family	LibreOffice	Partial	`soffice --headless --convert-to odg in.pub` Layout may shift; macros and some features are not kept.
PDF	LibreOffice	Partial	`soffice --headless --convert-to pdf in.pub` Fixed layout: the document is no longer editable.

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Versions and variants (17)

Microsoft Publisher 1Unknown
Microsoft Publisher 2.0Unknown
Microsoft Publisher 95Unknown
Microsoft Publisher 97Unknown
Microsoft Publisher 98Unknown
Microsoft Publisher 2000Unknown
Microsoft Publisher 2002Unknown
Microsoft Publisher 2003Unknown
Microsoft Publisher 2007Unknown
Microsoft Publisher 2010Unknown
Microsoft Publisher 2013Unknown
Microsoft Publisher 2016-2019Unknown
Microsoft Publisher file format, version 11.0Unknown
Microsoft Publisher file format, version 12.0Unknown
Microsoft Publisher file format, version 14.0Unknown
Microsoft Publisher file format, version 15.0Unknown
Microsoft Publisher file format, version 16.0Unknown

Sources

From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-20.

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