PUB File Reader

Univik PUB File Reader opens and displays Microsoft Publisher PUB files on any Windows 10 or Windows 11 machine. No Microsoft Publisher installation required. No Microsoft 365 subscription. No internet connection.

Download: https://univik.com/file/viewer/pub.html

The Problem With PUB Files

Microsoft Publisher PUB files are a closed proprietary format. No application outside of Publisher itself can natively open them. Windows has no built-in PUB viewer. Microsoft Office does not include a PUB reader. LibreOffice and OpenOffice do not support PUB files. When someone sends you a PUB file, or when you retrieve one from an old backup, you need Publisher installed to open it. After October 2026, Publisher support ends and Microsoft 365 subscribers lose access entirely. Millions of PUB files become inaccessible overnight without a dedicated reader.

Univik PUB File Reader solves this permanently. It opens PUB files directly on Windows using its own built-in rendering engine, with no dependency on Publisher, Microsoft 365 or any other installed software.

Key Features

No Publisher Required: Opens any PUB file on Windows 10 or Windows 11 without Microsoft Publisher or Microsoft 365 installed.

Full Page Rendering: Every page of the PUB document is rendered with fonts, images, text boxes, shapes, colors and layout intact.

Multi-Page Navigation: Browse through multi-page Publisher documents page by page using simple forward and back controls.

Zoom Controls: Zoom in and out on any page to inspect text, graphics and design elements at any size.

Print Directly: Print any page or the full document directly from the reader without converting to another format first.

Fast File Loading: Opens PUB files in seconds regardless of document complexity or number of pages.

Supports All Publisher Versions: Reads PUB files created in Microsoft Publisher 2000 through Publisher 2019.

Fully Offline: PUB files are never uploaded to any server. Everything runs locally on your Windows machine.

Who Uses This Tool

Individuals who received a PUB file by email and have no Publisher license to open it.

Businesses retrieving archived PUB newsletters, brochures and reports from old file servers.

Schools and nonprofits accessing legacy PUB certificates and event programs after Publisher is uninstalled.

IT administrators auditing PUB file libraries on machines without a Microsoft 365 subscription.

Designers reviewing PUB documents from clients without installing Publisher on their machine.

Technical Specifications

Input: PUB (Microsoft Publisher 2000 to 2019)

OS: Windows 10 / Windows 11 (64-bit)

Runtime: .NET Framework 4.8 or higher

Network Requirement: None, fully offline

Version: 6.7 (Latest)

Univik builds specialist Windows file tools since 2013.

Full documentation and download: univik.com/file/viewer/pub.html

Support and licensing: univik.com/contact-us.html