What do you intend to replace Publisher with - Word and Power Point do not replace it.

Hi @Lilly Dolman

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum 

As a moderator in the Microsoft Q&A community, I'm truly sorry to hear about your disappointment with the upcoming end of support for Microsoft Publisher. It's evident how vital it has been for crafting your in-house theatre programs, and I completely understand why this change feels so significant. 

While decisions like this are made at a higher level, your voice as a user is incredibly important to us. I kindly encourage you to share your thoughts, suggestions, and concerns through the Microsoft Feedback Portal

Simply select the relevant product category (such as Microsoft 365 or Publisher) to submit your ideas or vote on existing ones related to features, pricing, or even reconsidering the discontinuation. Our product team is directly in charge of managing and monitoring the portal. They constantly review customer feedback and reviews to inform their roadmap. The higher the number of votes an idea receives, the more attention the related team will dedicate to it, as it helps prioritize what matters most to our users. In fact, a lot of the features across our products have been developed and improved directly based on customer input like yours, so your contribution could genuinely influence future updates. 

In the interim, Microsoft has woven many of Publisher's key functionalities into other tools within the Microsoft 365 suite, which could potentially align with your needs for designing and printing theatre programs. For example: 

-Microsoft Designer: This is an intuitive, AI-powered tool perfect for creating eye-catching layouts, brochures, and event materials with customizable templates. It ideal for quick and professional-looking programs. 

-Word: Now enhanced with advanced layout and publishing capabilities, it supports multi-page documents, precise image and text placement, and even brochure templates, making it a seamless option for your workflow. 

-PowerPoint: Excellent for building creative, printable designs like programs, with features like slide masters for consistency and easy PDF export for high-quality printing. 

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience; it's feedback from dedicated users like you that helps us evolve. Could you please mark my reply as the accepted answer? This will help attract more people with the same concern to see it, give additional feedback and give a real boost to pushing for those changes at Microsoft.

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Nobody in the Q&A forum will be able to tell you which plans Microsoft has for future releases of Office. At the moment, it seems unlikely that we will see a replacement product for Publisher.

You can send feedback for Microsoft from within Publisher and/or by going to the feedback portal at https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/forum/fb6d67e3-301c-ec11-b6e7-0022481f8472 .