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SIXEL images from your DOC pages display directly in compatible terminal emulators — bridging documents and command-line tools.

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Convert DOC to SIXEL from any device with a browser — desktop, laptop, or mobile. Fully web-based.

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How to convert DOC to SIXEL

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Select files from Computer, Google Drive, Dropbox, URL or by dragging it on the page.

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Choose sixel or any other format you need as a result (more than 200 formats supported)

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Let the file convert and you can download your sixel file right afterwards

About formats

DOC is the binary document format of Microsoft Word, the word processor first released in October 1983 for MS-DOS and later becoming the dominant document creation tool worldwide. The format stores documents as OLE2 compound document files — a binary container with multiple internal streams holding text content, formatting information, embedded objects, macros, and metadata. The text stream uses a complex system of formatting runs, section descriptors, paragraph and character property tables, and style definitions to represent arbitrarily complex document layouts including columns, headers, footnotes, tables, floating images, tracked changes, and mail merge fields. The format evolved substantially through Word versions, with Word 97 establishing the binary structure that remained standard through Word 2003 and created the .doc files most commonly encountered today. One advantage is near-universal compatibility — DOC files can be opened by virtually every word processor and document viewer across all platforms, from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice, Google Docs, and Apple Pages. The format's rich feature support is another strength: DOC handles complex layouts, embedded OLE objects, VBA macros, and revision tracking that power enterprise document workflows. Although Microsoft introduced the XML-based DOCX format with Office 2007, DOC remains heavily present in existing document archives and continues to be produced by organizations maintaining compatibility with older Word installations.
Developer: Microsoft
Initial release: October 1983
SIXEL (Six Pixel) is a bitmap graphics encoding format created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1983 for rendering images on character-cell printers and video terminals. The name derives from the encoding's fundamental unit: a column of six pixels represented by a single ASCII character. Each printable character in the sixel data stream (ASCII 63-126) encodes a 6-pixel vertical column, with the character's binary value determining which pixels are on or off. Color is specified through register-based palette control: a Select Color Sequence assigns an HLS or RGB color value to a numbered register, and subsequent sixel characters use that color until another register is selected. The encoding supports raster attributes for specifying pixel aspect ratio and image dimensions, repeat sequences (! followed by a count and character) for run-length compression of identical columns, and $ (carriage return) and - (new line) for navigating the sixel grid. DEC implemented SIXEL support in their VT240, VT241, VT330, and VT340 terminals, as well as multiple printer models. One advantage of the SIXEL encoding is its ASCII-clean nature: the data stream consists entirely of printable characters and standard control sequences, meaning SIXEL graphics can be transmitted through any text-based communication channel — serial terminals, SSH sessions, telnet connections — without requiring binary-safe transport or protocol modifications. The format's modern renaissance provides another remarkable dimension: after decades of obscurity, SIXEL support has been implemented in numerous contemporary terminal emulators, enabling inline image display in command-line workflows. SIXEL output can be generated by ImageMagick, libsixel, chafa, and various plotting libraries.
Initial release: 1983

Frequently Asked Questions

Why convert DOC to SIXEL?

SIXEL renders images inside terminal windows — converting DOC to SIXEL is perfect for previewing documents in command-line environments.

What terminals support SIXEL?

SIXEL displays in xterm (with -ti 340 flag), mlterm, foot, WezTerm, and other DEC-compatible terminal emulators.

Is SIXEL the same as SIX?

Yes — SIXEL and SIX refer to the same DEC-originated format for displaying bitmap graphics within text terminals.

Is DOC to SIXEL free on Convertio?

Absolutely — free DOC to SIXEL conversion is available. Premium tiers provide additional capacity.

How does the conversion handle color?

SIXEL supports a palette of colors. DOC page content is mapped to the available palette for the best visual result.

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