Changelog

All notable public changes to Publisher Migration Tool are documented here.

Version 4.6.0 - September 2026
- Verify the source document before reusing or replacing a PMT PDF.
- Support paths containing brackets during conversion.
- Clean up the owned Publisher process after cancellation or timeout.
- Report PMT identification failures while retaining the exported PDF.
- Automatically select Disable in the Publisher active-content security notice during conversion, without user interaction.
- Keep macros disabled and verify the Publisher process and document before handling the notice.


Version 4.5.0 — September 2026

Initial public release.

Publisher migration

- Folder and subfolder scanning for Microsoft Publisher .PUB files
- Computer scan to help identify Publisher archives
- Batch conversion to PDF
- Batch conversion to PDF/A when permitted by the active license
- Separate output-folder support with mirrored folder structure
- Existing-PDF handling and PMT-generated-file safeguards
- Progress information and ETA
- Pause and cancel controls
- Detailed conversion reports

Licensing

- Trial: 5 PDF + 5 PDF/A successful conversions
- Base: unlimited PDF on one workstation
- Base preserves any unused PDF/A Trial balance and never replenishes it
- Pro: unlimited PDF + PDF/A on one workstation
- Portable: unlimited PDF + PDF/A using a licensed USB device across multiple compatible computers
- RSA-signed paid license tokens
- Machine and USB binding
- Improved Trial-state persistence and integrity handling
- USB license-file integrity validation

Updates

- Passive HTTPS update check
- PMT only notifies when a strictly newer version is available
- Integrated ZIP download/extraction/installation disabled
- Updates are downloaded manually from the official Publisher Migration Tool website and installed with the official installer

Security and privacy

- Local document processing through the installed Microsoft Publisher application
- No cloud upload of Publisher documents for conversion
- Original .PUB files are not modified
- Update notification does not automatically execute downloaded packages

Requirements

- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Publisher installed and operational