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Key facts
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Initial release
- 1991 ; 35 years ago ( 1991 )
- Office 2024 ltsc
- Office 2024 (LTSC) 2408 (Build 17932.20790) / 14 May 2026 ; 20 days ago ( 2026-05-14 )
- Office 2021 ltsc
- 2108 (Build 14334.20688) / 14 May 2026 ; 20 days ago ( 2026-05-14 )
- Office 2019 ltsc
- 1808 (Build 10417.20132) / 12 May 2026 ; 22 days ago ( 2026-05-12 )
- Office 2021 24 retail
- 2605 (Build 20026.20140) / 2 June 2026 ; 1 day ago ( 2026-06-02 )
- Office 2019 retail
- 2509 (Build 19231.20194) / 14 October 2025 ; 7 months ago ( 2025-10-14 )
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Encyclopedic overview
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows TypeDesktop publishing software LicenseTrialware Websiteproducts.office.com/publisher
Microsoft Publisher is a soon to be retired desktop publishing application from Microsoft, differing from Microsoft Word in that the emphasis is placed on page layout and graphic design rather than text composition and proofreading. Its discontinuation is planned for October 2026.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q368338” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.