Extract text from StarOffice documents (SWX)
To convert SWX documents to another format, you need Apache OpenOffice or other Text software.
To convert other file formats to the "Legacy XML Document" file type, you need software like Apache OpenOffice or a similar tool.
The .SWX extension represents a collision between legacy office documents and modern security hardware, creating significant confusion for users. Most commonly, this file is a legacy StarOffice Writer document, a precursor to the modern Open Document Format (.ODT). These files are essentially ZIP archives containing XML data, originally created by Sun Microsystems software. Because the standard extension was SXW, files ending in .SWX are often mislabeled or result from specific regional versions of the software, causing modern tools like Microsoft Word to reject them as corrupt or unrecognized.
Alternatively, in industrial and security contexts, an .SWX file may be a firmware update package for ZKTeco FaceGate access control terminals. These are binary blobs that cannot be opened or edited on a PC; they are designed exclusively to be flashed onto hardware via USB or network tools. Less frequently, it may be a session view file for Siemens ODB++ viewer software. If it detects a document structure, we recommend converting it immediately to PDF for preservation or DOCX for editing, as support for these legacy formats is disappearing from even open-source tools.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SWX file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert SWX file to HTML, HTM, CSS, JS, PHP, ASP, ASPX, JSP, JSPX, PY, RB or PL, you can use Apache OpenOffice or similar software from the "Legacy Word Processor Document" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RSS, CSS, CGI, SITEMAP, PL, WEBMANIFEST, JSON, JS, XML, HTML, ICO or HTM files to SWX, try Apache OpenOffice or another comparable tool in the "Legacy Word Processor Document" 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 SWX converter.