QPT Converter

Extract text from QPT files

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Drop or upload your .QPT file

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How to extract text from your QPT file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your QPT file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert QPT to another file type

To convert your QPT file to another format, you need QGIS or other GIS software.

Convert a file to QPT

To convert other file formats to the "Print Layout Template" file type, you need software like QGIS or a similar tool.

About QPT files

A .QPT file is primarily a Print Layout Template created by QGIS, the leading open-source Geographic Information System. These files function as blueprints for map compositions, saving the arrangement of map frames, legends, scale bars, and text labels in an XML format.

Crucially, a QGIS .QPT file does not contain the actual map data (terrain, roads, boundaries). It only stores the visual definition of the page. If you try to open a .QPT file without the associated QGIS project (.QGS or .QGZ) and data layers, you will likely see empty frames or "Layer not found" errors. This is a common friction point when colleagues share a template expecting it to be a full map document.

Less frequently, a .QPT file may be a Project Template from QuarkXPress, a professional desktop publishing software. These are binary files used to initialize new brochures or magazines with consistent styling.

Conversion Advice:

For QGIS: You cannot "convert" a .QPT directly to PDF without the underlying data. You must open QGIS, load the template into the Layout Manager, and then use the Export to PDF or Export to Image functions.
For QuarkXPress: These files require the proprietary software to open. Once opened, they can be exported to PDF, EPS, or standard image formats like JPG or TIFF for print and web use.

Convert.Guru analyzes your QPT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted QTP, QGZ, QXP, PDF, QXD, PNG, PEM, CPG, PBIX, QRP, BIN, SAV and TSX files.

FAQ

If you want to convert QPT file to PDF, INDD, QXP, PUB, PMD, PM6, PM7, PM8, PM9, PM10, PM11 or OMP, you can use QGIS or similar software from the "Map Layout Configuration" 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 QPT, try QGIS or another comparable tool in the "Map Layout Configuration" category.

The QPT 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 QPT converter.