Extract text from DTP files
To convert your DTP file to another format, you need Greenstreet Pressworks or other Page Layout software.
To convert other file formats to the "Legacy Publishing Project" file type, you need software like Greenstreet Pressworks or a similar tool.
The .DTP extension is a classic example of file format collision, most commonly serving as a legacy Desktop Publishing Document created by older software like Greenstreet Pressworks, GST Publisher, or Timeworks Publish-It!. These proprietary files act as containers for text, vector graphics, and raster images laid out for print. The core problem for modern users is the "digital rot" associated with these formats; the original software is largely defunct or incompatible with Windows 10/11, leaving your layouts locked inside a binary blob that standard tools like Microsoft Word or Adobe InDesign cannot import.
Because the format is proprietary and often relies on obsolete OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) structures or Microsoft Compound File binaries, simply changing the extension to .DOC or .PDF will not work. A secondary, distinct use of .DTP is found in the software development world, where JetBrains dotTrace uses it for performance snapshots, or in the security sector with Hikvision surveillance design projects. If you possess the legacy publishing file, the only practical path forward is conversion. For archiving layout fidelity, converting to PDF is the gold standard. If you need to recover the text, extracting raw strings to TXT or RTF is often the only way to bypass the proprietary encoding constraints.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DTP file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted DPT, PDF, 0003, DOCX, 0000, JPG, JPEG, DPR, PNG, PUB, ZIP, PPTX and PMD files.
If you want to convert DTP file to PDF, INDD, QXP, PUB, PMD, PM6, PM7, PM8, PM9, PM10, PM11 or OMP, you can use Greenstreet Pressworks or similar software from the "Desktop Publishing Document" 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 DTP, try Greenstreet Pressworks or another comparable tool in the "Desktop Publishing Document" 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 DTP converter.