Why convert Publisher pages to JPG
JPG is the most widely accepted image format there is. Every phone, computer, website, printer kiosk and photo app reads it, and many online forms accept nothing else. Turning a .pub file into JPG images is the quickest way to share a flyer, poster, menu or invitation that was made in Publisher with people who do not have it.
JPG files are also small. A page saved as JPG is usually several times smaller than the same page as PNG, which matters when you are attaching pages to an email, uploading over a slow connection, or staying under a file size limit.
How the conversion works
Your .pub file is laid out page by page on our servers, the way Publisher would, and each page is rendered directly to a JPG at the quality you chose. Nothing is screenshotted and nothing is scaled up, so text and lines are as sharp as JPG allows.
Images are saved at JPG quality 90, which keeps text clean while keeping files small. Each image shows the whole page as it would print, including its background colour. JPG does not support transparency, so there is never a see-through background.
Choosing a resolution
Choose the resolution before you upload. If you need the other one later, upload the file again.
- Standard (110 dpi): about 935 by 1210 pixels for a US Letter page. Right for social media, messaging apps, websites and email.
- High (200 dpi): about 1700 by 2200 pixels. Better for printing, for zooming in on small print, and for cropping part of a page.
JPG or PNG?
Pick JPG when file size matters or a site only accepts JPG. Pick PNG when the page is mostly small text or fine lines and you want them perfectly crisp, or when you plan to edit the image and save it again, because a JPG loses a little detail every time it is re-saved.
Not sure? JPG at high resolution is a good choice for almost everything. You can switch between the two on the PUB to PNG page, and every upload also produces a PDF of the whole document; see PUB to PDF.
Works on every device
The converter runs in your browser, with the heavy lifting done on our servers, so it works the same on Windows, Mac, iPhone and iPad and Android. On a phone, open a downloaded JPG and use the share sheet to save it to your photos or send it on.