I created a portion of my website using Publisher 2003. After upgrading to Publisher 2010, and trying to make changes to my pages, I find that I can modify the Publisher files but not publish them as web pages. The help system says this function has been removed in 2010. So how am I supposed to update my web pages?

If you open a web publication originally produced in Pub 2003 (or any version prior to 2010) then the web tab and all the functionality associated with it will be visible. Then after editing the publication go to File > Save and Send > Publish HTML and save your index.htm and index_files folder to your local hard drive where you can find them. Then upload those new web files to your webserver using a FTP clients such as FileZilla.

MS started deprecating the web functionality of Publisher as of Pub 2010 and stripped even more from Pub 2013 so it is probably time to plan on moving to a different program to produce your web. Look at Expression Web, WordPress and Serif WebPlus as just three alternatives. WebPlus is most like Publisher.

Reference: Web functionality Pub 2010:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher-help/web-functionality-HA101877287.aspx

http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-publisher/archive/2010/12/24/where-is-web-site-authoring-in-publisher-2010.aspx

By the way if you have any follow up questions about Publisher and you don't get an answer here you might post here: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/publish?page=1&tab=question&status=all&tm=1351352525703

DavidF

• Edited by DavidF2MVP 20 hours 52 minutes ago

If you open a web publication originally produced in Pub 2003 (or any version prior to 2010) then the web tab and all the functionality associated with it will be visible. Then after editing the publication go to File > Save and Send > Publish HTML and save your index.htm and index_files folder to your local hard drive where you can find them. Then upload those new web files to your webserver using a FTP clients such as FileZilla.

MS started deprecating the web functionality of Publisher as of Pub 2010 and stripped even more from Pub 2013 so it is probably time to plan on moving to a different program to produce your web. Look at Expression Web, WordPress and Serif WebPlus as just three alternatives. WebPlus is most like Publisher.

Reference: Web functionality Pub 2010:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher-help/web-functionality-HA101877287.aspx

http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-publisher/archive/2010/12/24/where-is-web-site-authoring-in-publisher-2010.aspx

By the way if you have any follow up questions about Publisher and you don't get an answer here you might post here: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/publish?page=1&tab=question&status=all&tm=1351352525703

DavidF

• Edited by DavidF2MVP Saturday, June 14, 2014 2:04 PM

Thanks David, You confirmed what I thought to be true. Isn't that just great! I paid extra to "upgrade", wiped out my old version, and find I have actually paid to "downgrade". Thanks Microsoft!