CPH Converter

Extract text from Corel and Carestream files (CPH)


Drop or upload your .CPH file

How to extract text from your CPH file

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

Convert CPH to another file type

To convert CPH files to another format, you need CorelDRAW or other Page Layout software.

Convert a file to CPH

To convert other file formats to the "Legacy Design Project" file type, you need software like CorelDRAW or a similar tool.


About CPH files

The .cph file extension is primarily a legacy graphic design document created by Corel Print House, a discontinued desktop publishing application popular in the late 1990s. These files store multi-layered layouts, including vector graphics, raster images, and text used for creating greeting cards, banners, and brochures. A smaller percentage of .cph files function as compressed data packages used by Carestream Dental Imaging Software to store clinical X-rays and patient records.

The main disadvantage of a .cph file is its extreme obsolescence and highly proprietary nature. Because Corel built these files using an undocumented implementation of the Microsoft Compound File Binary Format, modern graphic design tools and standard web browsers cannot open them. Furthermore, the alternative dental imaging files are strictly locked to specific clinical environments. Users without access to legacy versions of CorelDRAW or Carestream software are typically locked out of their data.

Standard online converters fail to process .cph files because they lack the ability to parse the undocumented Corel layout engine. Our platform analyzes the internal structure of the file. If it contains embedded preview images or standard OLE objects, we can often extract them into usable JPG, PNG, or PDF files. If it is a ZIP-based dental package, our tool can reveal the underlying directory structure so you can recover your images.

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

Users also converted CPS, CFP, PZP and VPX files.


FAQ

If you want to convert CPH file to INDD, QXP, PUB, PMD, PM6, PM7, PM8, PM9, PM10, PM11, OMP or P65, you can use CorelDRAW or similar software from the "Legacy Graphic Design Layouts" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MDI, PUB, PDP, PM4, P65, COMIC, WEBTEMPLATE, PMD, SPUB, INDD, PM5 or QXP files to CPH, try CorelDRAW or another comparable tool in the "Legacy Graphic Design Layouts" category.



The CPH 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 CPH converter.