PubRescueHow to convert a .pub file to an image
- Upload the .pub file in the box above. You can also drop several files, a folder or a ZIP.
- Wait a few seconds while it converts. A preview of the first page appears for each file; click it to see every page.
- Download the image. Click the JPG button on the file's tile, or open the full-page viewer and choose JPG or PNG. A one-page flyer gives you one image; a four-page newsletter gives you a ZIP with four images, one per page.
- Use it: post it, attach it, drop it into a slide or upload it to your website.
The first 3 files of each upload are free, the same as PDFs. For more files, a one-time plan from $9 unlocks the whole upload.
What people use Publisher images for
- Social media. An event flyer made in Publisher becomes a post for Facebook, Instagram or a community group. Images are what these sites expect; a PDF or .pub can't be posted as a picture.
- Email. Put the flyer image straight into the body of an email or newsletter so people see it without opening an attachment.
- Websites. Show this month's bulletin cover, a menu or a poster on your site or event page.
- Slides. Add a page from an old newsletter or a certificate design to a PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides presentation.
- Printing at a photo kiosk or sending to someone who only has a phone and wants to look at a design quickly.
JPG or PNG?
Both are offered for every file, rendered at 150 dpi (a letter-size page comes out at about 1275 × 1650 pixels, plenty for screens, posts and slides). Both are standard picture formats that open everywhere. As a rule of thumb, JPG files are smaller and are fine for photo-heavy pages; PNG keeps text and sharp edges crisper, which suits flyers with lots of lettering. For most social media posts and emails, either works.
Image, PDF or Word: which download do you need?
- Image when the page will be looked at on a screen: posts, emails, web pages, slides.
- PDF when it will be printed or kept: the text stays sharp at any size and is searchable. See PUB to PDF.
- Word when you need to change the text first, for example a new date on last year's flyer. Edit it in Word, then save as PDF or take a screenshot. See Publisher to Word.
You get all of them from the same upload, so there's no need to convert twice.
What to expect
- Text in an image is part of the picture. It can't be selected, searched or edited. If you need the text, use the PDF or Word file.
- Fonts that came with Microsoft Office are replaced with metric-compatible fonts, so line breaks and layout stay as they were, while letter shapes can differ slightly from the original.
- Very old files from Publisher 98 or 2000 convert with lower accuracy. Check the preview before you post.
- Folded designs such as greeting cards and tri-fold brochures come out page by page, the way Publisher showed them, not as a folded mock-up.
Converting many files to images
If you want images of a whole archive (say, the cover of every newsletter for a "through the years" display), drop the folder or a ZIP on the upload box. Every .pub file inside is converted, and a paid plan gives you everything in one ZIP with your folder structure kept. See bulk conversion for tips on large archives.
Privacy
Your files are used only to produce your downloads. Free uploads are deleted automatically 24 hours after upload and paid ones after 7 days. Each upload lives at a random link only you know. See the privacy policy.