As for converting to word, it's going to be a mess as word doesn't do the same stuff as publisher. You can always try to save as a word file from publisher but IIRC it only saves the text frames.

The first method that we are going to show you is to use WordPad or Microsoft Word to convert ODT to Word. Here are the steps to do that: Another method to convert an ODT file to Word format is to use ...

If you stop short of sharing Microsoft Publisher files with your colleagues or friends who don’t have the Office Publisher software, fret not. It’s quite easy to convert Publisher file to PDF using ...