.PUB File

File extension pub is associated with Microsoft Publisher, a desktop publishing software and part of Microsoft Office Professional Suite, which is used for to create professional documents, brochures and other promotion materials.

The pub files are used for document files created by the application. PUB file contains various graphic and text elements formatted in the document and is used to create various marketing materials.

Users working with Adobe InDesign can use PUB2ID Plugin and also work with the Microsoft Publisher .pub files.

OpenOffice.org with PubOOo extension can work with the Microsoft Publisher .pub files too.

Microsoft Publisher doesn't have version for Mac OS X (macOS), but you can run it on Mac with any operating system virtualization software like Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion, or running Windows with Bootcamp.

MIME types:
application/x-mspublisher

Files with pub extension are in most cases documents created in Microsoft Publisher, a desktop publishing application from Microsoft Office suite. PUB documents are much more complex than common Word files and give more emphasis to design and page layout, rather than actual text.

How to open:

Use Microsoft Publisher to work with the *.pub files.

How to convert:

Microsoft Publisher can export PUB file into another formats such as XPS or PDF, DOCX which is widely supported by other applications across all platforms.