Convert LaTeX source files (TEX) online for free
The converter easily converts your TEX source files to various formats - free and online. No TeX Live or or other Page Layout software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "Typesetting Source File" formats to TEX without using software like TeX Live or a similar tool.
The .TEX file extension serves two entirely different purposes: it is either a plain text source file used by the LaTeX typesetting system, or a proprietary 2D texture file used in various 3D video games. Academic researchers, mathematicians, and publishers use LaTeX to create complex page layouts with heavy mathematical formulas. Conversely, game developers and modders encounter .TEX files as compressed graphic textures used by companies like Riot Games or Klei Entertainment.
To handle LaTeX documents locally, you need a TeX distribution like TeX Live or an online platform like Overleaf. For game textures, specialized extraction tools or NVIDIA Texture Tools are required depending on the specific game engine.
Users frequently need to convert .TEX files because both formats are highly restrictive. A LaTeX .TEX file is just raw source code; it is completely unreadable to non-technical users and requires a local compiler to view the actual document. Compiling often fails if a single package or image dependency is missing. Game texture .TEX files are even worse - they are proprietary, undocumented formats that standard image viewers cannot open, making modding impossible without conversion.
For reading, sharing, and archiving text documents, convert your LaTeX .TEX file to PDF to ensure the formatting is locked and visible to everyone. If you need to edit the text in a standard word processor, convert to DOCX, though complex mathematical equations may break or lose their precise formatting. For game textures, convert to PNG for web use or DDS for editing in raster software. Drag and drop your file to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your TEX file.
Users also converted LATEX, LEX, TEXTURE, LYX, CODE, DVI, TXT, TAX, SWP, PDF, ERROR, LTX and STY files.
If you want to convert TEX file to TXT, ZIP or WEBP, you can use TeX Live or similar software from the "Typesetting and Game Textures" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RAW, PNG, AI, NEF, PSB, DNG, SVG, GIF, EPS, JPG, ARW or PDF files to TEX, try TeX Live or another comparable tool in the "Typesetting and Game Textures" 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 TEX converter.