Update for 2026: Microsoft Publisher support ends October 1, 2026. Pub2ID has been discontinued and is no longer available for purchase or download. For current solutions, see Microsoft Publisher End of Life 2026: Better Conversion Options or explore Markzware’s Publisher-to-InDesign conversion options.
Pub2ID Plugin to Convert Publisher Files to InDesign
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SANTA ANA, CA. – October 13, 2011 – Markzware, the leading developer of file conversion technology for Microsoft Publisher, Adobe® InDesign® and QuarkXPress®, today announced the Pub2ID v5.5 upgrade of its popular CS5 plugin to convert Microsoft Publisher to Adobe InDesign. Pub2ID v5.5, for both Macintosh and Windows, allows graphic designers to convert Publisher files within Adobe InDesign CS5.5. This updated version of the InDesign CS5 plugin has the added ability to import Microsoft Publisher files from version 2002 up through 2010.
Donovan McNeil, Senior News, said, “Pub2ID is essential for any graphics department that deals with small businesses. Since Microsoft introduced Publisher and allowed anyone to think they are a designer, we have been dealing with customer produced ads that we continually need to reproduce to run. Pub2ID makes this redesign immediate and it is a huge time saver.”
Pub2ID (Microsoft Publisher to Adobe InDesign) is an updated CS5 plugin for Adobe InDesign CS5.5. It provides a quick, easy and affordable method for you to migrate Microsoft Publisher content to Adobe InDesign as new InDesign documents. The file conversion is enabled with a single click, using the InDesign File->Open menu. No more re-creating documents from scratch; Pub2ID gives you a big head start to convert Publisher files to InDesign.
“The Pub2ID product has saved our business countless hours (and dollars) not having to rebuild files. Being a Mac-based business, we couldn’t even view a Publisher document before. Now, we have an InDesign file that is nearly a seamless recreation of the original file,” Sahrah Hennigner, project coordinator, PDA Marketing expressed.
James MacLearie, MacLearie Printing said, “Pub2ID is a great tool for print shops to open Publisher files and amend them within Adobe InDesign. The program paid for itself in the first job, and we now open Publisher files on a Mac!”
Peter Stremic, PETERPICA Productions, concurs, “Pub2ID has obviated the need to run Windows on my Mac; it’s also saved me from shelling out for MS Publisher too! Great app that’s paid for itself ten times over (and still counting).”
Historical System Requirements, Pricing and Availability — Pub2ID Is No Longer Available
Historical note: The following information reflects the original 2011 release. Pub2ID has since been discontinued and is no longer available for purchase, download, or upgrade.
Find out if you qualify for a free Pub2ID upgrade to convert Publisher to InDesign. You can obtain the system requirements for Macintosh and Windows platforms, as well as obtain purchase, upgrade and pricing information through the Pub2ID v5.5 page.
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Markzware, a privately-held company based in Santa Ana, California, is the leading developer of printing quality control, data conversion, and workflow solution products for the international graphic arts, printing and digital multimedia industries.
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