UWL Converter

Extract text from User word lists (UWL)


Drop or upload your .UWL file
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How to extract text from your UWL file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your UWL file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert UWL to another file type

To convert UWL Word lists to another format, you need WordPerfect or other Data software.

Convert a file to UWL

To convert other file formats to the "Dictionary File" file type, you need software like WordPerfect or a similar tool.


About UWL files

The .UWL format is a User Word List file created by Corel WordPerfect. It stores custom dictionary entries and exceptions added by the user during document spell checks. Some legacy versions also use the .UWL extension for WordPerfect printer driver files. The primary software to open or manage these files is WordPerfect. Users often need to convert these files to migrate their personalized dictionaries to modern word processors like Microsoft Word. The major disadvantage of the .UWL format is that it is strictly proprietary. It is unsupported by modern web browsers, requires licensed software to read cleanly, and locks your data into the Corel ecosystem. The best conversion targets are TXT, CSV, or DIC formats. Converting to standard text extracts the vocabulary list but drops the proprietary application metadata. This file format is notoriously difficult to open or convert because its underlying data structure is closed and undocumented. Standard online converters fail because they lack the specific WordPerfect dictionary parsers. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data. However, just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. convert.guru can still identify the file format, inspect the file, and show text or internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.

Convert.Guru analyzes your UWL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert UWL file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use WordPerfect or similar software from the "Custom Spell Check Dictionary" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to UWL, try WordPerfect or another comparable tool in the "Custom Spell Check Dictionary" category.



The UWL 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 UWL converter.