Extract text from BRO files
To convert your BRO file to another format, you need The Print Shop or other Page Layout software.
To convert other file formats to the "Print Design Project" file type, you need software like The Print Shop or a similar tool.
The .BRO file extension typically represents a desktop publishing project created by older versions of Broderbund software, most notably The Print Shop. These files contain the raw layout data - text, vector graphics, and image references - used to design brochures, greeting cards, and banners. Because .BRO is a proprietary project format rather than a standardized document, it cannot be opened by modern web browsers or standard image viewers like Microsoft Photos.
Users commonly struggle with issues when trying to recover these files from old backups because the original legacy software is no longer installed or compatible with Windows 11 or macOS. A significant minority of .BRO files (approx. 14%) are actually standard JPEG images that have been renamed by specific systems like the V&A Brothers image system.
To make these files usable again, the best strategy is conversion. For archiving or printing designs without losing layout fidelity, converting to PDF is the optimal choice. If you need to use the graphics on a website or social media, converting the project or the renamed image to JPG or PNG is recommended.
Convert.Guru analyzes your BRO file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted BR0, SIG, JPG, G3D, BLD, HCR and PL1 files.
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.