Extract text from RELS files
To convert your RELS file to another format, you need Microsoft Office or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "OOXML Relationship File" file type, you need software like Microsoft Office or a similar tool.
A .RELS file is an XML-based component used exclusively within the Office Open XML (OOXML) standard to define relationships between different parts of a document package. Users typically encounter these files when extracting or "unzipping" Microsoft Office documents like DOCX, XLSX, or PPTX, as these modern formats are essentially zipped archives containing multiple XML files. The .RELS file acts as a directory map, telling software like Microsoft Word how images, styles, and text content link together.
The primary challenge with .RELS files is that they are not meant to be opened as standalone documents. They contain raw XML code that is confusing to non-technical users and lack formatting or viewable content. Furthermore, if a user accidentally extracts a document, they may be left with loose .RELS files and unable to access their original spreadsheet or report.
For developers or IT professionals debugging document corruption, converting .RELS to formatted XML or JSON can help visualize the document structure. For general users looking to read the file, converting to TXT allows for opening in basic editors. To restore the file to a usable document, the folder structure often needs to be re-compressed into a ZIP archive and renamed to the original extension (e.g., DOCX).
Convert.Guru analyzes your RELS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted XML, ZIP, EYP, MCDX, BIN, PNG, PDF, ODP, ODF and SX files.
If you want to convert RELS file to INDD, QXP, PUB, PMD, PM6, PM7, PM8, PM9, PM10, PM11, OMP or P65, you can use Microsoft Office or similar software from the "Document Structure Mapping" 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 RELS, try Microsoft Office or another comparable tool in the "Document Structure Mapping" category.
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 RELS converter.