Although graphic design is more available to everyone than ever, it is true that even basic solutions such as Microsoft Publisher are widely used. This Microsoft Office tool continues to have many fans within small businesses and organizations that need a basic but effective solution. Here are three alternatives to Microsoft Publisher, three free alternatives that we can install and use in Ubuntu 17.10.
Scribus
Many of the basic needs go through posting or creating informational brochures or posters. This type of document, which Microsoft Publisher does very well, can be done easily and almost professionally with the Scribus tool. We have talked a lot about Scribus in UbunlogIt is a very good and powerful free tool that adapts to any type of user. Scribus is a good alternative to Microsoft Publisher.
LibreOffice
This tool is already in Ubuntu, when we install it. LibreOffice has a tool called LibreOffice Draw. This tool is almost the same as Microsoft Publisher and allows us to create documents of any type, from brochures to posters, through leaflets and cards.
Markup
The third alternative to Microsoft Publisher is not as visual as the previous tools are, but it is just as useful. Markup is a program that uses LaTeX and although it works using code it is quite useful and powerful. Markup can create documents of various types as well as create documents in pdf and html format. The truth is that Markup does not leave the previous tools in a bad place as it is aimed at users accustomed to the terminal while the above programs are geared towards more visual users, to those who prefer to use the Software Manager rather than the terminal.
Conclusion
If you come directly from Microsoft Publisher without having used these tools before, you will wonder which one is the best. Personally I think of the three, Scribus is the tool that best replaces Microsoft PublisherIt can even outperform this tool if we learn Scribus proper operation. In any case, since all three tools are free Why not try all of them?