Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SWT file.
You'll see a preview.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert SWT to another file type
The converter easily converts your SWT file to various formats - free and online. No VLC or extra software needed.
Convert a file to SWT
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Page Layout formats to SWT with high quality output.
About SWT files
The .swt extension is a battleground of proprietary template formats, most commonly serving as an ID Card Design Template for Brady EasyID software or a page layout template for Swift Publisher on macOS.
The Problem: Proprietary Lock-In
If you have an .swt file, you are likely stuck. 1. Brady EasyID Users: These files contain badge layouts, barcode placeholders, and employee data structures. They are designed exclusively for printing on Brady industrial printers. You cannot open them in Microsoft Word or view them on a mobile device, making approval workflows difficult without converting to PDF. 2. Swift Publisher Users: Mac users utilize this format for flyers and brochures. Sharing these designs with Windows users is impossible without exporting, as the raw .swt file is unreadable outside the Apple ecosystem. 3. Legacy Flash: In rare cases (roughly 5%), this file is an obsolete Flash Generator Template from the Adobe era, which modern browsers no longer support.
The Solution: Universal Targets
For Approval & Archiving: Convert to PDF. This freezes the layout, fonts, and graphics, ensuring the ID card or flyer looks exactly as designed on any screen.
For Web & Email: Convert to JPG or PNG. These raster formats are perfect for quick thumbnails or attaching to emails where the recipient doesn't need to edit the text.
For Chess Tournaments: If the file comes from Swiss-Manager, it contains pairing data. These should generally be exported to HTML or Excel via the original software, as direct image conversion renders the data useless.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your SWT file.
If you want to convert SWT file to MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV, ASF or RM, you can use Brady EasyID or similar software from the "ID Card Design Template" 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 SWT, try Brady EasyID or another comparable tool in the "ID Card Design Template" category.
The SWT 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 SWT converter.