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Convert WordStar to HTML for Intranets and the Web

Browser-readable pages from a printer-era format.

·By The WordStar Converter Team
WordStar document converting to HTML for an intranet

TL;DR

Choose HTML when everyone must open the file with zero friction. WordStar Converter turns `.ws` archives into browser pages locally. Trial 10 files.

Why HTML

HTML is the format every staff browser already understands. Converting a WordStar archive to HTML turns documents nobody could open into intranet pages people can search and cite.

Print-control emphasis becomes real markup. Wrap flags become ordinary text flow instead of accented junk.

Structure for search

Headings and emphasis give indexers something better than a flat 8-bit dump. Pair HTML with Markdown when the same corpus also feeds a docs repo or RAG pipeline.

Batch and publish

Convert into a folder tree that mirrors the archive, review a few pages in a browser, then copy into the intranet or static site. Keep `.ws` masters offline as provenance.

Trial 10 files. Standard $39.95.

Privacy

Conversion is local. Publishing HTML to an intranet is a separate distribution step you control — not a cloud converter’s copy of the manuscript.

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Convert a folder to HTML

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Free trial

Full app features — up to 10 files

Windows 10 or 11

The Windows installer for the 10-file trial is coming soon. Same app you unlock with a license — 100% local on your PC.

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