602 Converter

Extract text from Text602 documents (602)

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How to extract text from your 602 file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your 602 file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert 602 to another file type

To convert 602 documents to another format, you need Text602 or other Text software.

Convert a file to 602

To convert other file formats to the "Legacy Document" file type, you need software like Text602 or a similar tool.

About 602 files

A .602 file is a legacy word processing document created by Text602 (T602), a DOS-based text editor that was the industry standard in the Czech and Slovak Republics during the early 1990s. These files typically contain formatted text, basic tables, and ASCII-art graphics typical of the DOS era.

Common Conversion Friction:
The main challenge with opening .602 files today is character encoding. T602 used the Kamenických (Code Page 895) or PC Latin 2 (Code Page 852) encodings, which are obsolete in modern operating systems. If you open a .602 file in a standard text editor like Notepad++, accented characters (š, č, ř, ž) will appear as garbled symbols (mojibake). Additionally, modern word processors like Microsoft Word or LibreOffice do not natively support this format anymore, requiring specialized conversion tools or DOS emulation.

Best Conversion Targets:

For Archiving: Convert to PDF/A. This freezes the visual layout and ensures the text remains readable on any future device.
For Editing: Convert to DOCX or ODT. This allows you to edit the content in modern office suites, though some DOS-specific formatting (like block graphics) may be lost.
For Data Extraction: Convert to TXT (UTF-8) to recover the raw text, ensuring the encoding is re-mapped correctly to preserve diacritics.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your 602 file.

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FAQ

If you want to convert 602 file to [% faq_exts_to %], you can use Text602 or similar software from the "Legacy Word Processing" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert [% faq_exts_from %] files to 602, try Text602 or another comparable tool in the "Legacy Word Processing" category.

The 602 Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our 602 converter.