ZDL Converter

Extract text from ZDL files

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Drop or upload your .ZDL file

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How to extract text from your ZDL file

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

Convert ZDL to another file type

To convert your ZDL file to another format, you need Avery DesignPro or other Page Layout software.

Convert a file to ZDL

To convert other file formats to the "Label Template" file type, you need software like Avery DesignPro or a similar tool.

About ZDL files

A .ZDL file is a proprietary label design project created by the legacy Avery DesignPro software. These files act as containers for layout information, text, images, and database connections used to print business cards, mailing labels, and CD covers.

The main problem with .ZDL files is that Avery DesignPro has been discontinued and is no longer supported on modern operating systems like Windows 10 or macOS. Consequently, users with archived label designs often find themselves unable to open or print their projects without the original, outdated software. The file structure is typically a Microsoft Compound Document, making it incompatible with standard text editors or third-party vector tools.

To retrieve your designs, the most practical solution is converting the .ZDL file to a standard format.

For Printing & Archiving: Convert to PDF. This preserves the exact layout and fonts, allowing you to print on standard Avery label sheets using any PDF viewer.
For Viewing/Sharing: Convert to JPG or PNG to quickly preview the label content without needing specialized software.
For Reuse: While direct conversion to DOCX is difficult due to proprietary formatting, converting to an image format allows you to import the design into Microsoft Word as a background template.

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

Users also converted ZDP, AVERY, PDF, ZPL, ZIP, LBL, TXT, 3DXML, STL, CRDOWNLOAD, INO, PRNX and RFA files.

FAQ

If you want to convert ZDL file to AVERY, INDD, QXP, PUB, PMD, PM6, PM7, PM8, PM9, PM10, PM11 or OMP, you can use Avery DesignPro or similar software from the "Label Design Project" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MDI, PUB, PDP, PM4, P65, COMIC, WEBTEMPLATE, PMD, SPUB, INDD, PM5 or QXP files to ZDL, try Avery DesignPro or another comparable tool in the "Label Design Project" category.

The ZDL 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 ZDL converter.