Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your MAN file.
You'll see a preview.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert MAN to another file type
The converter easily converts your MAN file to various formats - free and online. No Word or extra software needed.
MAN to RTF
MAN to DOCX
MAN to ODT
MAN to TEX
MAN to LATEX
MAN to MD
MAN to MARKDOWN
Convert a file to MAN
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other System formats to MAN with high quality output.
DOCX to MAN
RTF to MAN
About MAN files
Users typically encounter the .man extension in three distinct, often frustrating scenarios, making it a highly ambiguous format. Most frequently, these are Windows Component Manifests (approx. 33% of cases) - internal system files used by Microsoft Windows to manage application configurations and assembly dependencies. While these are technically XML text files, the .man extension often prevents standard editors from recognizing them. Alternatively, in the developer world, this file represents a Unix Manual page (the source of the man command). These contain software documentation formatted with Troff/Groff, which appears as broken text with bizarre control characters when opened in Notepad or Word. Finally, certain download managers (like GetIntoPC) generate .man files that are actually disguised RAR or ZIP archives.
To resolve this, the conversion target depends entirely on the file's origin.
For System/Config: Convert Windows Manifests to XML or TXT to inspect code and dependencies without specialized tools.
For Documentation: Convert Unix Manuals to PDF or HTML. This renders the formatting (bolding, headers, indentation) into a readable document, removing the legacy Troff syntax.
For Archives: If the file is a download wrapper, convert or rename it to ZIP to extract the contents.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your MAN file.
If you want to convert MAN file to TXT, DOC, PAGES, LOG or NFO, you can use Microsoft Windows or similar software from the "System Manifest or Manual" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert PDF, DOC, ASC, TODO, NFO, MEMO, README, JPG, TXT or NOTE files to MAN, try Microsoft Windows or another comparable tool in the "System Manifest or Manual" category.
The MAN 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 MAN converter.