Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your IFD file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert IFD to another file type
To convert IFD designs to another format, you need FormScape or other Data software.
Convert a file to IFD
To convert other file formats to the "Form Design Definition" file type, you need software like FormScape or a similar tool.
About IFD files
The .IFD file extension primarily represents a FormScape Form Design Definition file used by enterprise document automation software to store layout logic, formatting rules, and database bindings. Another common use is as an Image File Directory within the TIFF image specification, created by Océ printing systems or Inkscape. Additionally, it functions as a TecDoc data definition file and a Windows Search Index File. Because .IFD files act as enterprise-specific proprietary formats or highly technical indexing data, they possess severe interoperability disadvantages. You cannot simply open a FormScape .IFD file in standard word processors or web browsers; doing so requires expensive, specialized software. This closed nature makes standard conversions nearly impossible. If extracting document layout data is required, PDF is the best target format. For a TIFF-based directory, extracting the data to PNG or JPG makes the visual information accessible. Unfortunately, standard online tools frequently fail to parse these proprietary architectures. Often, only the original authoring software can export the data correctly. However, you can drag and drop your .IFD file into convert.guru to identify its exact format subtype. We will inspect the file, reveal any readable text or internal metadata, and if an embedded supported format is detected, process the conversion directly in your browser.
Convert.Guru analyzes your IFD file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert IFD file to INDD, QXP, PUB, PMD, PM6, PM7, PM8, PM9, PM10, PM11, OMP or P65, you can use FormScape or similar software from the "Form Design & Data Indexing" 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 IFD, try FormScape or another comparable tool in the "Form Design & Data Indexing" category.
The IFD 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 IFD converter.