Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your STORY file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert STORY to another file type
To convert your STORY file to another format, you need Articulate Storyline 360 or other Page Layout software.
Convert a file to STORY
To convert other file formats to the "Interactive Course Source" file type, you need software like Articulate Storyline 360 or a similar tool.
About STORY files
The .STORY file extension primarily identifies a project file created by Articulate Storyline 360, the industry-standard software for building interactive e-learning courses. These files are sophisticated containers (technically ZIP archives) that hold slides, audio narration, video assets, quizzes, and JavaScript logic.
Users frequently face a major hurdle: .STORY files are strictly source files. They cannot be played in a web browser, uploaded to a Learning Management System (LMS), or opened without an expensive Articulate 360 subscription. To make the content usable, the file must be converted (or "published") into a delivery format.
Common Conversion Goals:
For LMS/Web: Convert to HTML5, SCORM (.ZIP), xAPI, or cmi5 for interactive playback in browsers.
For Video: Convert to MP4 to upload course content to YouTube or share as a passive video file.
For Review: Convert to Microsoft Word (.DOCX) or PDF to review scripts and storyboards without the authoring tool.
Secondary Meaning: In the context of AI writing, a .STORY file is a plain text JSON backup created by NovelAI. These contain the prompt history and generation settings and can be converted to TXT or opened in any text editor.
Convert.Guru analyzes your STORY file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert STORY file to ANIMATION, VIDEO, MP4, TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, PAGES, TEX, LATEX or MD, you can use Articulate Storyline 360 or similar software from the "E-Learning Course Project" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert PDF, DOC, ASC, TODO, NFO, MEMO, README, DOCX, JPG, TXT, NOTE or RTF files to STORY, try Articulate Storyline 360 or another comparable tool in the "E-Learning Course Project" category.
The STORY 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 STORY converter.