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The converter easily converts your BDR file to various formats - free and online. No Word or extra software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Page Layout formats to BDR with high quality output.
The .BDR extension is a classic example of a filename collision, serving three distinct and incompatible purposes. Most commonly, it acts as a Border Art file for Microsoft Publisher, containing proprietary vector or raster graphics used to frame documents. These files are deeply integrated into the Publisher ecosystem, meaning they are virtually impossible to open or edit in standard design tools like Adobe Illustrator without prior conversion.
Alternatively, a .BDR file may be a Badmail report generated by Microsoft Exchange Server. In this context, the file contains the body of an undeliverable email. These are technically text-heavy data dumps, but because they lack a standard text extension (like TXT), operating systems often fail to open them, leaving administrators unable to diagnose why an email bounced. Less frequently, .BDR files contain Mercury Marine G3 diagnostic logs or OTDR fiber optic traces, both of which are specialized binary formats readable only by specific industry hardware.
For Publisher files, the best workflow is converting to PDF or PNG to preserve the visual layout for viewing. For Exchange files, converting to TXT or EML allows you to read the error contents in any text editor or email client.
Convert.Guru analyzes your BDR file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted BRD, PDF, ZIP, FMD, DOCXENX and LET files.
If you want to convert BDR file to TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, PAGES, TEX, LATEX, MD, MARKDOWN, LOG or NFO, you can use Microsoft Publisher or similar software from the "Publisher Border Art" 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 BDR, try Microsoft Publisher or another comparable tool in the "Publisher Border Art" 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 BDR converter.