Extract text from Print Shop files (BRO)
To convert BRO files to another format, you need Broderbund Print Shop or other Page Layout software.
To convert other file formats to the "Legacy Print Design File" file type, you need software like Broderbund Print Shop or a similar tool.
A .BRO file is primarily a legacy print publishing project file associated with software like Broderbund Print Shop, PageMaker, and ProVenture Design & Print. In specific scenarios, such as the V&A Brothers image system, it functions as a renamed JPG (JFIF) image file. It is also rarely used as a 3D Broadleaf Tree Model by Onyx Computing.
The main disadvantage of the .BRO format is its proprietary, legacy architecture. Most .BRO project files are closed containers - often based on the older Microsoft Compound Object format - that package text, layout coordinates, and proprietary graphic assets together. You cannot open these layouts natively in modern web browsers or standard design tools. Sharing a .BRO file usually requires the recipient to have the exact vintage software installed, which is highly impractical.
To share these designs today, users need to convert them to standard formats like PDF for document preservation, or JPG and PNG for quick viewing. Unfortunately, because the layout instructions are proprietary and closed-source, standard online converters typically fail to process the project files accurately.
This file format is notoriously difficult to open or convert, and often only the original software can properly read or export the data. We can inspect the internal structure of the file and show extracted text or embedded content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format - like a hidden JFIF image - viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your BRO file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert BRO file to OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D, STL, PLY or WRL, you can use Broderbund Print Shop or similar software from the "Print Publishing Project File" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DWG, DAE, X3D, IGES, WRL, JT, SKP, 3DS, 3DM, OBJ, STEP or FBX files to BRO, try Broderbund Print Shop or another comparable tool in the "Print Publishing Project File" 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 BRO converter.