Microsoft Publisher Alternatives

Microsoft Publisher is described as 'Part of the Microsoft Office Suite, this tool helps you create, personalize, and share a variety of publications, including marketing materials, chapbooks, and newspapers' and is a popular desktop publisher in the office & productivity category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Microsoft Publisher for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best Microsoft Publisher alternative is Scribus, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Microsoft Publisher are Adobe InDesign, LibreOffice - Draw, Pages and Swift Publisher.

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Microsoft Publisher alternatives are mainly Desktop Publishers, but if you're looking for Graphic Design Tools or Word Processors you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, Free + Desktop Publishing, Linux, Open Source, Desktop Publishing, Online + Free and Online. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Microsoft Publisher.
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  1. PrintMaster icon
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    Plan, create and share amazing custom-tailored designs with PrintMaster. Whether you are capturing a memory or adding a splash of creativity to your life, PrintMaster has everything you need and more. From greeting cards, to invitations and party supplies, to scrapbooks and...

    3 PrintMaster alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  2. A DTP app that stands out with: 1 - One click export of fixed-layout eBooks in two popular formats: EPUB3 and Amazon KF8 (Mobi) formats. 2 - Styling modeled after CSS3. 3 - Superior multiple-page viewing capability. 4. Intuitive and easy to use UI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Pagination lets you connect data from any source with custom InDesign layouts, and automatically create beautiful catalogs and price lists.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  4. RagTime icon
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    RagTime is both a traditional Office and DTP layout application. Like an office application, RagTime contains a powerful word processor, a sophisticated spreadsheet, and a tool for slide shows. It supports picture handling and creates business graphics.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  5. PageStream icon
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    Pagestream is a proprietary desktop publishing program for Linux, Windows, Macintosh, and Amiga. It was originally released under the name Publishing Partner in 1986.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AmigaOS
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  6. ePublisher allows you to take advantage of new technologies and empowers you with features and formats that keep the integrity of your message while meeting the preferences of your audience.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Growly Write icon
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    It’s a word processor, not a nuclear reactor Perhaps the word processor you’ve been using has 100 times more features than you need. Or it won’t work the way you want it to — too many views or too few, and nothing makes any sense.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. imPRESSion and imPRESSion Lite are affordable desktop publishing applications that combine powerful vector graphics drawing with a range of text handling functions.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. IDMarkz icon
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    IDMarkz standalone app lets you preview, export & open Adobe InDesign documents in many other file formats & apps. Export InDesign to QuarkXPress, Affinity Publisher, older InDesign versions, Acrobat, Illustrator, IDML, PDF, TIFF, PNG, JPEG, GIF, ...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  10. Laidout icon
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    Laidout is desktop publishing software, particularly for multipage, cut and folded booklets, with page sizes that don't even have to be rectangular. The whole page view can be rotated to any angle. Warping is implemented.

    15 Laidout alternatives

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    • Linux
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  11. Includes drawing and image editing tools, WYSIWYG web design, PDF export, spell check, file management, label printing, video playback/capture, graphic objects, password protection, direct fax, and extensive file format support for office and design use.

    27 PageFocus Draw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Passepartout icon
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    Passepartout is a desktop publishing system that is based on the idea of automatic typesetting of streams of XML based text documents.The project was started back in 2002 to facilitate a particular task — creating a newspaper. These days the project is somewhat dormant.

    14 Passepartout alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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