CDRT Converter

Extract text from CorelDRAW templates (CDRT)


Drop or upload your .CDRT file
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How to extract text from your CDRT file

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

Convert CDRT to another file type

To convert CDRT templates to another format, you need CorelDRAW or other Vector Image software.

Convert a file to CDRT

To convert other file formats to the "Vector Graphic Template" file type, you need software like CorelDRAW or a similar tool.


About CDRT files

The .CDRT file format is a CorelDRAW Template used by the vector graphics editor CorelDRAW. It stores default styles, color palettes, page layouts, and vector shapes. Designers use templates to create consistent documents without starting from scratch. The main disadvantage of .CDRT is its proprietary nature. Files are strictly tied to the Corel ecosystem. You cannot easily open them in web browsers, and free editors like Inkscape often fail to render complex layer structures or Corel-specific effects. Furthermore, viewing or editing these files officially requires a paid subscription or license to Corel software. Users typically need to convert .CDRT files into standard vector or document formats like SVG, PDF, or EPS to share them with clients or users of Adobe Illustrator. During conversion, proprietary effects like interactive drop shadows or mesh fills may be rasterized or lost entirely. This format is closed and difficult to convert perfectly. Often, only the original software can correctly parse all internal data. Standard online converters frequently fail to process the template container. If our analysis detects a supported underlying format like standard CDR data, conversion to PDF or SVG may still be possible.

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


FAQ

If you want to convert CDRT file to , you can use CorelDRAW or similar software from the "Vector Graphics Template Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to CDRT, try CorelDRAW or another comparable tool in the "Vector Graphics Template Storage" category.



The CDRT 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 CDRT converter.