Max1 Posted November 30, 2023 Posted November 30, 2023 does anyone know how to convert a pub file to a docx file in Publisher Affinityconfusesme 1 Quote
Dan C Posted November 30, 2023 Posted November 30, 2023 Hi @Max1, Welcome to the Affinity Forums! Unfortunately as Catshill mentions above, this isn't currently possible directly in Affinity, as we don't support exporting to .DOCX, our apologies. You could either copy and paste your text from the Publisher document into a new Word file, or alternatively you can export from Publisher to PDF, then use a third party converter to convert this to DOCX. I hope this clears things up Max1 1 Quote
GaryLearnTech Posted November 30, 2023 Posted November 30, 2023 5 hours ago, Dan C said: you can export from Publisher to PDF, then use a third party converter to convert this to DOCX If you don't have a trusted third-party convertor to hand, don't worry. Try opening the PDF straight into Word. I've seen some impressive results, even with older versions of Word. Dan C 1 Quote —— Gary —— Photo/Designer/Publisher: Affinity Store, v2.6.n release (and, since I have the space, the last v1 versions too). Mac mini (M1, 2020), 16GB/2TB, macOS Sequoia iPad Pro (M4) 13", 1TB, Apple Pencil Pro, iPadOS 18 MacBook Pro (Intel), macOS Sequoia Windows 10 via VMware Fusion
wonderings Posted November 30, 2023 Posted November 30, 2023 If the intended use is for a client or someone else to edit the file I would recommend looking at a PDF editor rather then Word. As others have mentioned there is no direct translation between an Affinity Publisher file and Word. I get clients asking for this all the time and have to tell them it does not work like that. Never had anyone complain yet after explaining that it was setup using professional applications and Word is not a professions page layout/design application. Quote
Affinityconfusesme Posted January 22, 2024 Posted January 22, 2024 I have seen a bunch of requests for DOCX export so hopefully we will get it soon. It will be very helpful for me so patiently waiting for it. lacerto and PaoloT 2 Quote New hardware dell inspiron 3030 i5 14400/16GB DDR5/UHD 730 graphics Acer KB202 27in 1080p monitor Affinity Photo 1.10.6 Affinity photo 2 2.5.3 Affinity Designer 2 2.5.3 Affinity Publisher 2 2.5.3 on Windows 11 Pro version 24H2 Beta builds as they come out. canon 80d| sigma 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS HSM | Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD | Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM Autofocus APS-C Lens, Black
JD-GMail Posted February 22, 2024 Posted February 22, 2024 On 11/30/2023 at 8:43 AM, GaryLearnTech said: If you don't have a trusted third-party convertor to hand, don't worry. Try opening the PDF straight into Word. I've seen some impressive results, even with older versions of Word. I just did this (afpub file opened in Word and it's 98% perfect. I'm shocked and elated! GaryLearnTech 1 Quote
Komatös Posted February 22, 2024 Posted February 22, 2024 36 minutes ago, JD-GMail said: I just did this (afpub file opened in Word and it's 98% perfect. I'm shocked and elated! I think this is 100% unlikely, as MS Word cannot read the Affinity Publisher document format. Quote MAC mini M4 | MacOS Sequoia 15.5 | 16 GB RAM | 256 GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9060 XT 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.4351) Windows 11 Pro on VMWare Virtual Machine (on Mac) Affinity Suite V 2.6.3 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF No backup, no pity.
walt.farrell Posted February 22, 2024 Posted February 22, 2024 40 minutes ago, Komatös said: I think this is 100% unlikely, as MS Word cannot read the Affinity Publisher document format. Note that @JD-GMail quoted a post which said to export a PDF and open the PDF in Word. It's likely that's what they meant, rather than opening the .afpub directly. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
Komatös Posted February 22, 2024 Posted February 22, 2024 14 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: quoted a post which said to export a PDF and open the PDF in Word But that doesn't read like that to me. But yes, Microsoft Word can read and write PDFs. He himself writes about afpub; and it is precisely this format that Word cannot read. Quote MAC mini M4 | MacOS Sequoia 15.5 | 16 GB RAM | 256 GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9060 XT 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.4351) Windows 11 Pro on VMWare Virtual Machine (on Mac) Affinity Suite V 2.6.3 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF No backup, no pity.
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