Extract text from FreeHand 10 templates (FT10)
To convert FT10 templates to another format, you need FreeHand 10 or other Vector Image software.
To convert other file formats to the "Drawing Template" file type, you need software like FreeHand 10 or a similar tool.
The .FT10 file format is a proprietary vector graphics drawing template created by Macromedia FreeHand 10. These files store master layouts, vector paths, typographic styles, and color palettes used to generate standard FreeHand documents (FH10). FreeHand was a powerful tool for page layout and illustration, but Adobe Systems acquired it in 2005 and officially discontinued it, rendering the format entirely obsolete.
The primary disadvantage of the .FT10 format is its dead ecosystem. Modern operating systems cannot run FreeHand, and contemporary web browsers cannot render the format natively. If you have an .FT10 file today, you are locked into a proprietary system that requires outdated software to open. Users typically need to convert these templates to modern vector formats like PDF, SVG, or AI (Adobe Illustrator) to edit the graphics or share the layouts with clients. However, exporting complex vector blends, gradient meshes, or multipage layouts from FreeHand templates often results in lost layers or broken text formatting.
Because the .FT10 format is closed and undocumented, standard online converters usually fail to process it. Usually, only the original software or highly specific import plugins (like those found in older versions of Illustrator) can properly read or export the vector data. If our analysis detects supported underlying vector streams or embedded raster previews, viewing or partial conversion to PDF or SVG may still be possible without needing a legacy virtual machine.
Convert.Guru analyzes your FT10 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert FT10 file to SVG, AI, EPS, PDF, JPG, CDR, WMF, EMF, SWF, FLA, XFL or SKETCH, you can use FreeHand 10 or similar software from the "Vector Graphics Template" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert AFPUB, EPS, FIG, VSD, SKETCH, VDX, AFPHOTO, PDF, AFDESIGN, SVG, VSDX or AI files to FT10, try FreeHand 10 or another comparable tool in the "Vector Graphics Template" 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 FT10 converter.