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* Microsoft Publisher 2010 | * Microsoft Publisher 2010 | ||
* Microsoft Publisher Template | * Microsoft Publisher Template | ||
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| + | ==File Identification== | ||
| + | Publisher version 1.0 was a simple binary file format with the magic header: {{magic|E7AC2C00}} | ||
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| + | Publisher versions 2.0 and onward use the [[Microsoft Compound File]] format. Within the OLE container, the "Contents" file is similar to version 1, with the magic header: {{magic|E8AC2200}} (v2 - 2000) and {{magic|E8AC2C00}} (2002 - 2019) | ||
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| + | Beginning with version 11 (2003), the OLE container started using the OLE [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/office_file_formats/ms-oshared/3ef02e83-afef-4b6c-9585-c109edd24e07|"DocumentSummaryInformation"] file format which contains a version number. | ||
== Versions == | == Versions == | ||
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* Microsoft Publisher 2010 (v14.0) | * Microsoft Publisher 2010 (v14.0) | ||
* Microsoft Publisher 2013 (v15.0) | * Microsoft Publisher 2013 (v15.0) | ||
| − | * Microsoft Publisher 2016 (v16.0) | + | * Microsoft Publisher 2016/2019 (v16.0) |
== Pack and Go (PUZ files) == | == Pack and Go (PUZ files) == | ||
A Publisher feature permits the archiving of a document's files in a compressed archive format in order to move it to a different computer or send it to a commercial printing service; this uses [[PUZ]] files, which are actually [[Cabinet]] archives. | A Publisher feature permits the archiving of a document's files in a compressed archive format in order to move it to a different computer or send it to a commercial printing service; this uses [[PUZ]] files, which are actually [[Cabinet]] archives. | ||
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| + | ==Sample Files== | ||
| + | * [https://github.com/thorsted/pronom-research-week/tree/master/MicrosoftPublisher/Sample%20Files Sample Files] | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
Revision as of 18:48, 12 October 2020
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Description
Microsoft Publisher is a desktop publishing solution. It produces files with the extension ".pub". Note that this extension is shared by at least four different versions of the format:
- Microsoft Publisher 98
- Microsoft Publisher 2000
- Microsoft Publisher 2010
- Microsoft Publisher Template
File Identification
Publisher version 1.0 was a simple binary file format with the magic header: E7AC2C00
Publisher versions 2.0 and onward use the Microsoft Compound File format. Within the OLE container, the "Contents" file is similar to version 1, with the magic header: E8AC2200 (v2 - 2000) and E8AC2C00 (2002 - 2019)
Beginning with version 11 (2003), the OLE container started using the OLE "DocumentSummaryInformation" file format which contains a version number.
Versions
- Publisher v1.0
- Publisher v2.0
- Publisher for Windows 95 (v3.0)
- Microsoft Publisher 97 (v8.0)
- Microsoft Publisher 98 (v8.5)
- Microsoft Publisher 2000 (v9.0)
- Microsoft Publisher 2002 (v10.0)
- Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 (v11.0)
- Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 (v12.0)
- Microsoft Publisher 2010 (v14.0)
- Microsoft Publisher 2013 (v15.0)
- Microsoft Publisher 2016/2019 (v16.0)
Pack and Go (PUZ files)
A Publisher feature permits the archiving of a document's files in a compressed archive format in order to move it to a different computer or send it to a commercial printing service; this uses PUZ files, which are actually Cabinet archives.
Sample Files
Links
- Official Site
- Wikipedia: Microsoft Publisher
- POI-HPBF - Java API To Access Microsoft Publisher Format Files (archived)
- Zamzar -- a web-based file conversion service, can apparently convert .pub files
- Microsoft Publisher - Reverse Engineering
- libmspub: library to import MS Publisher documents
- Microsoft Publisher converter officially released
