AWT Converter

Extract text from AWT files


Drop or upload your .AWT file

How to extract text from your AWT file

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

Convert AWT to another file type

To convert your AWT file to another format, you need Lectora or other Page Layout software.

Convert a file to AWT

To convert other file formats to the "E-learning Authoring Project" file type, you need software like Lectora or a similar tool.


About AWT files

The .AWT extension usually identifies a Lectora Title file, serving as the editable "source code" for e-learning courses. These files contain the course structure, logic, and navigation in an XML format but do not embed the actual media assets (images, videos), which reside in adjacent folders. This creates a common friction point: sharing just the .AWT file results in a broken project; the entire directory must be transferred. Users typically convert these files to HTML5, SCORM (ZIP), or PDF for LMS distribution and stakeholder review, as the raw .AWT cannot be opened by web browsers.

Alternatively, an .AWT file may be an AbiWord Template, used by the open-source word processor to store document formatting. While AbiWord is free, these templates are often incompatible with Microsoft Word, prompting users to convert them to DOCX or PDF for broader accessibility. In rare legacy cases, the file might belong to the discontinued Adobe Authorware (formerly Macromedia), a format now virtually impossible to execute without specialized emulation software.

Convert.Guru analyzes your AWT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted PROT, TBX and FDE files.


FAQ

If you want to convert AWT file to TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, PAGES, TEX, LATEX, MD, MARKDOWN, LOG or NFO, you can use Lectora or similar software from the "E-learning Project Source" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert PDF, DOC, ASC, TODO, NFO, MEMO, README, DOCX, JPG, TXT, NOTE or RTF files to AWT, try Lectora or another comparable tool in the "E-learning Project Source" category.



The AWT 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 AWT converter.