Extract text from Stata programs and documents (ADO)
To convert ADO files to another format, you need Stata or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Stata Automatic Do-file" file type, you need software like Stata or a similar tool.
The .ADO file extension usually indicates one of two distinct formats, creating immediate confusion for users trying to open them. most commonly, it is an Automatic Do-file used by Stata, a powerful statistical software suite. These files contain user-defined programs and macros meant to automate complex data analysis tasks. The primary difficulty here is accessibility: while the files are technically plain text, they are associated with expensive, proprietary software ($$$), making them unreadable to standard system viewers. To review the code without a license, the best workflow is converting the file to TXT (for editing in Notepad++) or PDF (for sharing code documentation).
Alternatively, in specific European contexts, the file may be a Lithuanian Signed Document (associated with the ADOC format). These are actually ZIP containers holding XML metadata and signed content. Users often struggle to open these without government-issued software or specific web portals. A practical workaround is to rename the extension to ZIP to extract the contents, or use a converter to flatten the signed document into a standard PDF for archiving. Lastly, older designers may encounter .ADO files as Duotone Options for Adobe Photoshop, storing ink transfer curves. These are proprietary binary settings and cannot be meaningfully converted to image formats, only loaded back into Photoshop.
Convert.Guru analyzes your ADO file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted ADOC, PDF, GRD, AST and ASL files.
If you want to convert ADO file to , you can use Stata or similar software from the "Statistical Automation Script" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to ADO, try Stata or another comparable tool in the "Statistical Automation Script" category.
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 ADO converter.