Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your LEG file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert LEG to another file type
To convert LEG files to another format, you need LegisWrite or other Text software.
Convert a file to LEG
To convert other file formats to the "Legislative Document Container" file type, you need software like LegisWrite or a similar tool.
About LEG files
The .LEG file extension represents two distinct, industry-specific formats that often confuse users due to their proprietary nature.
EU Legislative Document Package: The most common use (approx. 16%) is a compressed archive generated by LegisWrite, a specialized Microsoft Word add-in used by the European Commission to draft and manage legislative texts. These files are essentially ZIP containers holding structured XML data and document assets. Users typically need to convert these because opening them requires the specific LegisWrite environment, which is restricted to EU institutions and authorized contractors. Without the add-in, the file is unreadable in standard Word processors.
Labor Exchange Group File: A secondary use (approx. 8%) relates to the Mitchell Ultramate software, used in the automotive collision repair industry. These are XML-based data exchange files used to transfer labor and estimate profiles between systems. Users often need to convert these to PDF for easy reading by insurance adjusters or CSV/Excel to analyze the raw labor data without requiring the expensive Mitchell licensing.
Best Conversion Targets:
For Editing: Convert LegisWrite files to DOCX. Since the source is a wrapper around Word content, this restores editability.
For Archiving/Viewing: Convert both formats to PDF/A. This ensures the legislative text or repair estimate is preserved visually without formatting errors.
For Data Extraction: Convert Mitchell files to XML or JSON to parse the underlying labor metrics.
Convert.Guru analyzes your LEG file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert LEG file to , you can use LegisWrite or similar software from the "Legislative Document Package" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to LEG, try LegisWrite or another comparable tool in the "Legislative Document Package" category.
The LEG 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 LEG converter.