Microsoft Publisher

Founded by William Henry Gates III in 1991

Create printed and digital publications like brochures, flyers, and newsletters

Cost

Paid

Rating

★ Mixed Reviews

Time to value

Quick Setup (< 1 hour)

You can use Microsoft Publisher to design and produce printed materials such as brochures, flyers, newsletters, postcards, and business cards. It provides pre-built templates, drag-and-drop layout tools, and precise control over text, images, and graphics placement. Unlike Word, Publisher focuses on page layout and print-ready design. You can customize fonts, colors, and spacing, arrange objects on a page canvas, and prepare files for professional printing or digital sharing.

What Microsoft Publisher does

Select and customize a pre-built publication templateInsert and resize images within a page layoutAdd and format text boxes with custom fonts and spacingSet up a mail merge to personalize printed documentsAdjust page margins, bleed, and crop marks for printingExport a publication as a PDF for professional printingApply color schemes across an entire publication at onceArrange and layer objects on the page canvasPre-built templates for brochures, flyers, newsletters, and postcardsPixel-precise object placement on a page canvasDrag-and-drop image and text box layoutBuilt-in color scheme and font scheme pickersPrint-ready file export with bleed and crop mark supportMail merge for personalizing printed materials in bulkIntegration with Microsoft 365 assets and OneDriveCommercial printing settings including CMYK color support