Extract text from Hancom presentation files (SHOW)
To convert SHOW presentations to another format, you need Hancom Office or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Presentation or Control File" file type, you need software like Hancom Office or a similar tool.
The .show file extension represents two completely different, highly specialized formats. In most cases, it is a presentation slideshow created by Hancom Office (formerly Thinkfree Office NEO), a widely used office suite in South Korea. In the live events industry, it functions as a complex lighting control database used by MA Lighting for their grandMA, grandMA2, and grandMA3 consoles to store DMX patches and fixture profiles. A small fraction of these files are also used by Pangolin Laser Systems for multimedia laser shows.
To open the presentation variant, you need Hancom Office Show. To load lighting data, you must use a physical MA Lighting console or their grandMA onPC software.
Users face significant frustration when dealing with .show files because they are entirely proprietary. If you send a Hancom .show presentation to a colleague, standard software like Microsoft PowerPoint will not natively open it, practically demanding a paid Hancom subscription to view. MA Lighting files are even more restrictive, operating as closed databases that are completely unreadable on standard PCs without specialized console software.
For Hancom presentations, the best conversion targets are PPTX or PDF to ensure cross-platform compatibility, though custom slide animations may break. Lighting show files cannot be directly converted to documents, though operators often export internal patch data to XML or CSV formats for administrative paperwork.
Because these file schemas are undocumented and proprietary, standard online converters usually fail. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data. Because Hancom presentations use underlying ZIP compression and Pangolin files use GZIP, our analysis detects these embedded structures.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SHOW file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted BIN, PDF, HWP, KEY, LYNX and PPT files.
If you want to convert SHOW file to PPT, MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV or ASF, you can use Hancom Office or similar software from the "Presentation & Lighting Data Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MTS, MOV, RMVB, DIVX, RM, H264, TS, WMV, VOB, MP4, XVID or AVI files to SHOW, try Hancom Office or another comparable tool in the "Presentation & Lighting Data Storage" category.
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