What is Microsoft Publisher?
Precisely layout and style text, pictures, borders, calendars, and more. In Publisher everything you add stays exactly the way you’ve designed it, in print, online, or in an email. Create everything from simple greeting cards and labels to professional newsletters and marketing materials using Publisher’s wide range of pre-designed templates. Share pixel-perfect printouts, send professional-quality email publications, or export to industry-standard non-editable formats.
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79 Likeliness to Recommend
86 Plan to Renew
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75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
+72 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Microsoft Publisher?
Pros
- Trustworthy
- Friendly Negotiation
- Caring
- Reliable
Cons
- Slower Product Innovation
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Feature Ratings
Templates
Text Editing
Data Visualization
Drag and Drop Design
Layout Editing
Asset Hub
Collaboration
Graphics Editing
Social Media Integration
Vendor Capability Ratings
Ease of Data Integration
Vendor Support
Breadth of Features
Quality of Features
Ease of Implementation
Ease of IT Administration
Availability and Quality of Training
Usability and Intuitiveness
Ease of Customization
Business Value Created
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Microsoft Publisher Reviews
Teresa B.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Feb 2023
I have used Microsoft Publisher for years. I
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Publisher from other similar products?
Publisher is easy to use and has many features for making documents of many types. I use it to create flyers, newsletters and documents.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I can create a graphic and then save it as a picture.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It would be nice to develop more features to this product.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
This is a great software program whether you are a beginner or and advanced user to create many types of publications.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Emily F.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Feb 2023
Graphic design on a budget
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Publisher from other similar products?
What good with the tool is that it gives out a professional graphic design features and feeling at an affordable cost. The tool support drag and drop, it has multiple template from different niche, the dashboard contains all the functionality features. Its also easy to use and you are able to customize and lock your work to ensure you protect the authenticity. The tool also integrates well with all the Microsoft tools thus enhance productivity.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The best thing with the tool that i enjoy is making different marketing tools with the provided templates. With the small knowledge with the graphic design, you are able to make best fliers, brochures and many other.
What do you dislike most about this product?
there is no challenges faced during the usage of the tool
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
When you want to design a marketing tool at an affordable cost, its the best tool in the market.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Matthew H.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Gaming and Hospitality
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Nov 2022
The Best Publishing Software Ever
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Publisher from other similar products?
The user experience is much easier than Adobe or Apple. There is a sense of Microsoft wanting the projects to succeed and look spectacular.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The small number of limits and restrictions and how easy it is to create any size project
What do you dislike most about this product?
The lack of cooperation between other systems
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Have fun and give yourself the opportunity to learn the system through trial and error by making new projects and tasks
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity