Convert many Publisher files to PDF at once

Why one file at a time doesn't work for an archive

If you still have Publisher, you can open a file and choose File, Save as, PDF. That's fine for five files. For a parish office with ten years of weekly bulletins, it's 500 rounds of open, save, close. And Microsoft 365 users lost Publisher around October 1, 2026, so many people can't do even that any more.

How bulk conversion works here

1. Drop the folder. Choose a folder (subfolders included) or a .zip. Files that aren't Publisher files, like photos or Word documents in the same folder, are left out automatically.
2. Wait a few minutes. Files convert while they upload, and you see each one appear as it's done.
3. Check the pages. Every file shows its first page; click it to see all pages. Untick anything you don't need and tell us with Yes or No whether it looks right.
4. Download one zip. PDFs keep your folder names. A report.csv lists every file, its page count, and whether it converted, so you can see at a glance what's missing.

What you get back

You drop	You download
Bulletins/2019/Easter.pub	Bulletins/2019/Easter.pdf
Bulletins/2020/Christmas.pub	Bulletins/2020/Christmas.pdf
Bulletins/notes.docx	Left out (not a Publisher file)
	report.csv with one line per file

Other ways to batch convert, honestly compared

• Microsoft's PowerShell script converts a folder to PDF, but it drives Publisher itself, so it only works on a Windows computer with a working copy of Publisher. How to use it.
• LibreOffice is free and can open .pub files, including from the command line (soffice --headless --convert-to pdf *.pub). It's a good choice if you're comfortable with a terminal. It uses whatever fonts your computer has, so check the results.
• PubFileConverter needs no software, keeps your folder structure, shows every page before you pay, and tells you which files didn't convert. It costs money after the first 3 files.

Price for a big archive

One credit converts one file, however many pages it has. 50 files cost $19, 250 files cost $39, 1,000 files cost $99. Credits never expire, files that fail are free, and refunds are available for 14 days. See pricing.