PMD Converter

Convert PageMaker and MMD files (PMD) online for free


Drop or upload your .PMD file
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How to convert your PMD file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PMD file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert PMD to another file type

The converter easily converts your PMD files to various formats - free and online. No Adobe PageMaker or or other Page Layout software needed.

  • PMD to PDF
  • PMD to DOCX
  • PMD to TXT
  • PMD to HTML
  • PMD to SXI
  • PMD to POT
  • PMD to EMF
  • PMD to TSV
  • PMD to MML
  • PMD to HTM
  • PMD to XML
  • PMD to XHTML

Convert a file to PMD

To convert other file formats to the "Legacy Publishing Document" file type, you need software like Adobe PageMaker or a similar tool.


About PMD files

The .pmd file extension is most commonly associated with Adobe PageMaker (Wikipedia), an early desktop publishing software that was discontinued in 2004. These files contain formatted text, complex page layouts, and drawn graphics historically used for designing newsletters, brochures, and books. Alternatively, .pmd is heavily used for 3D polygon model data in MikuMikuDance (MMD), a popular freeware animation program, or as 3D model assets for games built on the Prism3D engine by SCS Software.

Opening a legacy PageMaker .pmd file today is a massive challenge. Adobe abandoned PageMaker decades ago, replacing it with Adobe InDesign. Modern operating systems cannot run PageMaker natively, and newer versions of InDesign (CS6 and later) deliberately dropped backward compatibility for .pmd imports. Users are left with dead files locking away critical legacy business data, archived publications, or old templates. For MMD users, the proprietary nature of the .pmd format means the 3D models cannot easily be imported into modern 3D pipelines like Blender without specific community-built plugins.

To escape these limitations, you must convert the file. For Adobe PageMaker files, convert to PDF for permanent archiving, printing, and easy viewing, or attempt to migrate to INDD (InDesign) using an older CS4/CS5 bridge installation if editing is strictly required. For MikuMikuDance models, converting to OBJ or FBX allows you to use the assets in standard 3D software. Just drag and drop your file here on convert.guru to analyze and convert it securely right in your browser.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your PMD file.

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FAQ

If you want to convert PMD file to JPG, XPS, INDD, OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND or MA, you can use Adobe PageMaker or similar software from the "Desktop Publishing Document" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DWG, DAE, X3D, IGES, WRL, JT, SKP, 3DS, 3DM, OBJ, STEP or FBX files to PMD, try Adobe PageMaker or another comparable tool in the "Desktop Publishing Document" category.



The PMD 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 PMD converter.