Extract text from GWP files
To convert your GWP file to another format, you need Microsoft Greetings Workshop or other Page Layout software.
To convert other file formats to the "Proprietary Project File" file type, you need software like Microsoft Greetings Workshop or a similar tool.
A .GWP file represents a proprietary project or template format used by distinct software ecosystems, most notably Microsoft Greetings Workshop and the Console Gateway property management suite.
For users holding Greetings Workshop files, the primary challenge is digital obsolescence. These files act as containers for raster graphics, text layouts, and vector shapes created in the late 1990s or early 2000s. Because the software is long discontinued, modern operating systems cannot preview these files, leaving cherished memories or old designs locked away. Users typically need to extract the visual content into a standard format like JPEG or PNG for viewing, or PDF to preserve the layout for archiving.
Alternatively, in the real estate sector, .GWP files function as document templates for Console Gateway (now part of Console Cloud). These templates automate tenant correspondence but are useless outside the specific host environment. Professionals often need to convert these templates to Microsoft Word (.DOCX) to edit the boilerplate text manually or to PDF for universal distribution.
Less commonly, this extension refers to electrical design projects created by GEWISS GWoffice. Regardless of the origin, the lack of backward compatibility and browser support makes conversion essential for accessing the data.
Convert.Guru analyzes your GWP file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted DWG, MG, VPP and PRJPCB files.
If you want to convert GWP file to JPG, PDF, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, TIF, WEBP, ICO, CUR, PSD or PSB, you can use Microsoft Greetings Workshop or similar software from the "Page Layout Project" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RAW, PNG, AI, NEF, PSB, DNG, SVG, GIF, EPS, JPG, ARW or PDF files to GWP, try Microsoft Greetings Workshop or another comparable tool in the "Page Layout Project" 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 GWP converter.