You can open or rather import Microsoft Publisher documents (.pub) files to Adobe InDesign with the help of specialized plugins from Markzware and then save them to INDD format. Not perfect, but it seems like the only direct way how to achieve pub to indd conversion.
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Conversion of pub file format to indd file format beta
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We have found 2 software records in our database eligible for .pub to .indd file format conversion.
Articles and other information relating to pub into indd conversion:
How to convert Adobe Indesign, QuarkXpress, or Microsoft Publisher documents between each other - Conversion of INDD, PUB and QXP fiormats with Markzware Plugins and Xtensions.
Microsoft Windows software 
- convert pub to indd on Windows
PUB2ID (Publisher to InDesign)
A plugin for Adobe InDesign that add support for Microsoft Publisher files
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Convert from pub file | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
to indd file | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned pub to indd. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.
Apple macOS / Mac OS X software 
- convert pub to indd on OS X
PUB2ID (Publisher to InDesign) for Mac
A plugin for Adobe InDesign for Mac that add support for Microsoft Publisher files
Additional links: Open pub file, Open indd file
PUB
Files with pub extension are in most cases documents created in Microsoft Publisher, a desktop publishing application from Microsoft Office suite. PUB documents are much more complex than common Word files and give more emphasis to design and page layout, rather than actual text.
INDD
Files with indd extension are associated with Adobe InDesign and used for its default InDesign document format. InDesign is used to create graphically rich documents, brochures and other more sophisticated texts. It was a part of Adobe Creative suite and currently of Adobe Creative Cloud.
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