User Reviews for Publisher Lite

0 out of 5

0 Ratings

6 years ago, mkee808

For an out of practice layout designer, this is just good enough.

I was the layout designer/editor for the features section and front page of the daily college paper making $10 an hour in 1994. I am also an amateur photographer. The Adobe Suite subscription service is a bit overkill for me for how much money it costs every month. Occasionally, I would like to do a flyer or a brochure or something and this is just good enough for my needs. I can layout photos with exposure controls and masks and filters. I can add backgrounds and layout text. I can rotate and flip objects. I haven’t even gotten into the document templates yet, but it looks like there are lots of brochures and menus and business cards and such. There is also expansion packs of additional templates that can be purchased for 99 cents.

5 years ago, VolunteerE.D.

Does what I need it to do

I am the volunteer Executive Director for a VERY small, grassroots non-profit. I am the jack of all trades with our organization which includes having to create posters, flyers, postcards, etc. I had Publisher with my old job and have also used Adobe Suite, but we cannot afford the costs right now. I find Publisher Lite online easy to use and it does what I need it to do all for free. If I want to get a little fancier, the costs for upgrading are much more affordable than most others out there. I do find the sizing a little challenging, especially when trying to fit to U.S. standard sizes. Still, overall I am very satisfied with it.

6 years ago, TexNati

Non-US Formats

European Paper Sizes Only The app is easy enough to use, but only supports European paper sizes (A4, A5, etc.). If you are hoping to use standard U.S. paper sizes (8.5 x 11 for example), you must figure out a work around.

1 year ago, Gs3456

Easy to use program for brochures and flyers

I'm not a computer expert, so I needed a low-cost program for designing brochures that's easy to use. This porgram is very intuitive... it's just what I was looking for. I had a question about moving the program to my new computer. So, I emailed Support and had a response in less than five minutes... from a real person. Had another question and had another really quick response with the answer. That's great support.

7 years ago, Christothe1st

Thank you!

I never give reviews but this app and it’s developers deserve it. I searched for hours to find a flyer maker / illustration software, after the one that came standard on my Mac would not function. It wasn’t until I found this app that I was able to make a nice flyer for a benefit to help a child born with a rare and serious congenital disorder. This app helped me to create promotional material to potentially help raise money for this infant who is fighting to survive. Thank you to the developers for making this free as I could not afford to pay for a flyer maker.

5 years ago, Rgbuggs

More Than I Had a Right to Expect

Our HOA needed a low-cost solution for a newsletter, but one that would still be eye-catching, versatile, but easy to use. The reviews on Publisher Lite were so positive that I decided right away to give it a try. I haven’t needed to go elsewhere. We’re on our third issue of the newsletter and the plaudits are still coming in. This is a great app for occasional use. I’m so glad I chose it.

3 years ago, Liz005

Stops working every few minutes?

It seems like after a few actions, all the editing features stop working. I cannot select an image or edit a shape anymore.. weird! Not sure if this is buggy?? Or, if it’s part of the Lite limitations, and if so, this free version is not really a functional software if I can make only 5 edits in a file. Otherwise it looks simple and comprehensive enough to use.

7 years ago, podpocket

publisher lite review

I absolutely love this app.I have used it for everything from typing flyers to making a resume, and even party invitations! It's simple to use and it offers a plethora of options that would suffice even the most extensive user!

7 years ago, PuebloSem

Does Great

So good, you’re able to create pdf, jpg, and other files. Helpful for flyers, postcards, facebook picture edits. One limiting factor is that you must pic from selected sizes of canvas and it’s hard to resize once a project is created.

6 years ago, jasonisnowhere

No US Letter Size?

I was disappointed that the availble pages sizes to chose from did not have US Letter. Such a basic and widely used size should be standard as part of any app. A4 is not used as much in North America. When trying to print on US Letter, I could not find a way to make things fit without undesired borders.

4 years ago, Simplytired

excellent - but...

I'm very impressed with this app, except for one thing - if there's a way to chance the color of fonts, I can't find it. Any help would be appreciated.

1 year ago, PROTELmedia

Great for small business

It has helped my company produce professional looking brochures. Thank you!

6 years ago, Flatfoot809

Publisher Lite

Does the job very nicely. Not overly complicated but does everything I need it to. Exactly what I was looking for and can’t beat the price. Very Impressed!

7 years ago, Djrossie

User friendly

I love the simplicty of this program!!! was able to download and create a project in minutes….. Awesome!!!

7 years ago, MekaGQ

Crashy

This app is typically super useful, but it just crashed twice and has crashed atleast two other times before. FIX IT!

7 years ago, cac1209

Not user friendly

I spent hours creating a document just to relize that you can’t print on standard US letter paper. The closest option is A4, which causes everything to be off center and the bottom to be cut off. Huge waste of time!

6 years ago, Stir Fry Willie

I like this app a lot!

Thank you for making something so user friendly!

1 month ago, p.hal

Cripple Wear?

There no obvious way to set the page size at either Letter Size or Legal Size. All the choices seem to be Eurocentric. There may be a provision in the Pro Version ($40) but the publisher is counting on people forgetting to ask for a refund. I will continue to struggle with Apple Pages.

7 years ago, cyan62

Easy and versatile

I like this app for my purpose of creating various home-based pubs. No glitches so far. Thanks

5 years ago, Gesiglobulin

Good app

I like this app! It's easy to use but I wish it had American page sizes.

7 years ago, grf819

Not very intuitive -

I was looking for a simple, intuitive app to design single pages - this app is NOT intuitive - its even hard to figure out how to set up a 8.5 x 11 inch page - all their templated are not that!!

7 years ago, Fleischfresserarbeiter

useless in USA without standard US paper sizes

Good luck getting it to print with your available paper and envelopes and printer in the US. Otherwise it would be okay for small print jobs.

5 years ago, Juggalopina

Not US Friendly

If you want to try a sample print, you will not be able to with the Lite version. Letter size is not available without purchase.

5 years ago, Some guy that uses it

Hard to figure out

Hard to figure out how to get the text color to work

7 years ago, fundraiser - PRIDE

Worked well for my need

It was pretty easy to use. Wish the paper sizes could be adjusted to US sizing.

4 years ago, Senior Citizen 166

I love this Lite version.

This is an easy to use, lite publisher app.

9 years ago, BeyondJ

Love it!

I love this app and plan to pay the full purchase price for it. I love how easy it is to use. I was able to make a beautiful invitation letter with matching envelope. I hope it has more templates to choose from in the full app. I reccommend this app to all those who need a quick and easy to use publishing suit.

2 years ago, Dhaowint

size???

What in the world would you want a program for that won’t let you design and print in standard sizes?

7 years ago, ESzocska

Only European Page Sizes

Can’t set page to US letter. No custom page sizes either.

6 years ago, Megaldon333

Gave up

took 5 minutes of trying to find the letter sized paper as apposed to a4. Gave up I will go find a publsher with American Sizes

7 years ago, jaliceh

Can’t open Microsoft Pub docs

Some research indicated that it would, but it definitely doesn’t.

7 years ago, Jane Doe jr.

It was trash

It was the worst app I have ever used. I couldnt even copy paste a picture when I wanted to make a brochure.

1 year ago, Laura Williams - 2542

APP Does NOT Open

App does not open. Therefore, cannot retrive and edit my old docs. Lame

6 years ago, Plaid is Rad

No 8.5 x 11 size!!!!!! This is a UK app only!

If you’re in the USA - don’t buy this app! No american sizes- it’s all A4 and other weird european sizes!

3 years ago, sesame.95

crash

crashes all the time\

5 years ago, KamilAlexnadra

Publisher lite

It will not downlaod on my mac at all

5 years ago, Radekelly

Freeze App everytime

I HAVE BEEN CLOSING THE APP EVERY 2 MIN BECAUSE IT FREEZE 100%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8 years ago, LBinCA326

Maybe it’s because I used lite and they want me to purchase full?

I could not figure out why my text was not filling the full space of the text box so I contacted customer service and explained all of my trouble shooting. They came back with a response to try something that was in my original email to them. I figured it out myself and told them the fix. Apparently you need to select a style for it to fill the space, it defaults to "select style" and I didn’t notice, but I don’t think that should matter if it accepts the text in the first place. When multi-selecting boxes the alignment functions did not work. When trying to use the bullets the app would freeze. The first time it happened I thought it was a fluke so I quit the app and started again. The second time it froze the app would not let me quit, or force quit, or log off my Mac, or even shut down my Mac. I kept getting an error that I could not log off/shut down because the app was still closing. I finally had to do a hard reboot.

10 years ago, Rana a terry

Very good Application, simple with nice features

Very good Ap. Never mind the version I have is free but it does have some nice features. Intuitive and decent editing tools. It did crash on me once before saving but I re-opened it and whatever I had before was recovered.. I am thankful. Give it a try, I will probably buy the full version… I like it.

9 years ago, Meggan 71

Great replacement for MS Publisher!!

I had to switch to a mac in my new school district and all my publisher files were unreadable. So I am recreating them with this app, plus some new things. I love how creative you can be with this app!!! For my purposes, as a school counselor, it is perfect. I will upgrade as soon as I get paid again!

8 years ago, Smadacram

Lite Version Crashes!

I was making a poster out of a template. Everytime I try to add bullets to a text box it locks up and I have to force quit everytime. Even after a reboot. Using ElCapitain on a MacBook Pro with 16GB of RAM with I5 processor. Other than that the ease of use is good and does a fine job for simple tasks like I do.

8 years ago, Sarah.Schumann

RIP OFF

While the app is very user friendly and seems great, it cuts you off halfway through designing your first project!! The Lite version is a scam and you might as well purchse the app or use it to see if it’s user friendly or what you want. There’s no way to actually design anything to use on this app. It’s more of a demo. I wasted an hour working on a newsletter for elementary school and can’t even access or use it now that the app is asking to upgrade. BOO

10 years ago, Patrick0000

Excellent!

Originally thought the program to be hard to use. After about 1 hour of using it I was able to make a beautiful brochure and very pleased with program. Thank you!

9 years ago, tommy's first mommy

super easy

this was super easy to add photos and edit text… I used the furniture template to make a mothers day card with a bunch of photos surrounding my text… 2 minute learning curve - it was great!

9 years ago, Emma Buttimer

Very Good

This app so far is perfect and fits my needs, btw to make a calender open a blank page and click calender since most reviews say they dont hae that feature.

9 years ago, RyanTDarby

Intuitive and Practical

I was very impressed that a free program like this was so useful for making an event flyer. Couldn’t imagine a better free program for this purpose.

9 years ago, labluezlady

Awesome!!!!

I’m totally computer illiterate & when i say, this is a very easy app to use trust it is! I am getting the upgrade because I’d love to see what more can i do with this. I am truly wow’d...

9 years ago, Camera Guy 513

Cool for being FREE

I like this app. It's pretty cool for being FREE. Especially if you wanted some basic stuff instead of paying $100 for MS Office Publisher ;) Thanks for this app. My mom and I both thank you lol

10 years ago, Arelia99

Fantastic!

Just what I needed! I will be upgrading as soon as I can because I liked the program so much!

10 years ago, APYRE

wish i had read old reviews

I downloaded because like someone else pointed out it states that you can make calenders. Dont know how that works since there is no template for calendars. Gave two stars because at least the app was free. I have pages so I dont see this as a very useful app for me.

Description

*** Best New Apps! Highly recommended by Apple! *** Publisher Lite is a powerful desktop publishing and page layout app for both business and home use. Publisher Lite empowers you to quickly design and create any type of deluxe and professional looking prints that you might need. It can’t be any easier to create flyers, brochures, business cards, newsletters, adverts, reports, calendars, posters, booklets, etc. than with this app. The new version now adds support for object/text style profiles, enhances text editing features, improves print settings, comes with new smart shapes, integrates with iCloud, features a brand new UI and also brings many other improvements and bug fixes. ----------------------------------------------- HIGHLIGHTED FEATURES ----------------------------------------------- Professional templates and decorations • 45+ professional templates for flyers, brochures, newsletters, adverts, reports, calendars, posters, booklets, and more. • Hundreds of delicate clipart. You can also search the web for images inside the app. • 50+ professional backgrounds. • 15+ photo frames and masks. • Additional template packages are available in the Store. Page setup • Set page size and orientation (landscape and portrait) of the page. • Support customizing page margins. • Create and edit multiple pages. A variety of objects • Photo objects from iPhoto or from any folder in Finder. Support almost all formats like JPG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, PDF, EPS, AI, SVG, etc. • Apply delicate clipart to make the page looks amazing. • Insert text object and edit the color, font, size, margin, columns, line spacing, text wrap, bullets/lists and more. • Add various preconfigured shape objects. • Add calendar to create custom calendars. Editing features • Apply any preset object/text style in just one click. • Reposition & resize, rotate any object at ease. • Personalize opacity, mirror effect & flip of the objects. • Choose from 50+ preset backgrounds to decorate the document. • Add color fill/pattern image fill, stroke, shadow or reflection to any object. • Select multiple objects to align, center and make same size of the objects as a whole. • Lock/Unlock, Group/Ungroup objects for easy operation. • Auto snap between one object and another, and between an object and the page margin as well. • Crop photo or manipulate the frame easily. • Apply frames, mask, filters, etc. to photos and it is easy to adjust image colors. • Manage layers of different objects. • Support undo/redo, copy/paste/duplicate and other common editing features. • Support zooming in/out on the page, and Fit Width/Fit Page to view the page. • Support displaying rulers in the editing panel for better alignment of objects. Export, print and share conveniently • Print the pages directly with improved print settings like printing by Scale to paper size and Tile, etc. • Export the pages as PDF, JPG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, and PSD. • Share the pages via Email, Message, Airdrop, Twitter, Facebook and Flickr.