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SUN to SXW Converter

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SUN to SXW conversion typically completes in seconds. Upload, convert, and download — the full workflow takes under a minute for most inputs.

Cross-Platform

Whether you are on Windows, macOS, Linux, or mobile — Convertio's SUN to SXW converter works in every modern browser.

Bulk Conversion

Upload several SUN inputs at once and convert the entire batch to SXW simultaneously — efficient for large-scale conversion needs.

How to convert SUN to SXW

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

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Choose sxw 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 sxw file right afterwards

About formats

SUN is a raster image format associated with Sun Microsystems workstations, encompassing both the Sun Raster format (.ras) and the Sun Icon format used for window system icons and cursors on SunOS and Solaris systems. Sun Raster files, identifiable by their 0x59a66a95 magic number, store bitmap images in 1-bit monochrome, 8-bit indexed color, 24-bit BGR, or 32-bit XBGR modes, with optional run-length encoding compression and a 32-byte header. The Sun Icon subset is a simpler text-based format used for small monochrome bitmaps — window icons, cursor images, and toolbar graphics — stored as C-language data arrays that could be directly compiled into X Window and SunView applications. These icon files begin with a comment block specifying width, height, and optionally hot spot coordinates (for cursor images), followed by hexadecimal pixel values in a format readable by both the C compiler and the iconedit tool. Sun workstations running SunOS and later Solaris were foundational platforms for Unix computing, networking, and the early internet, and the SUN image formats were integral to their graphical environments. One advantage is the format's dual text/binary nature: Sun Icons are valid C source code that can be #included directly into applications, a practical approach to resource embedding that predates modern asset management systems. The Sun Raster variant's simplicity provides another strength — the 32-byte header and straightforward encoding make it one of the easiest binary image formats to parse. SUN format files are supported by ImageMagick, GIMP, XnView, and Unix image viewing tools.
Developer: Sun Microsystems
Initial release: 1982
SXW is the word processing document format used by StarOffice 6.0 and OpenOffice.org 1.0, developed by Sun Microsystems and released in 2002. The format was one of the first mainstream office document formats to adopt an XML-based architecture, packaging document content, styles, metadata, and embedded media in a ZIP archive — a structural approach that directly influenced the later OpenDocument Format (ODF). The content.xml file describes the document body using XML elements for paragraphs, headings, lists, tables, footnotes, and inline formatting, while styles.xml defines the styling rules and meta.xml carries document properties. SXW represented a significant milestone in open-source office software, demonstrating that a non-proprietary XML format could handle the full range of word processing features including change tracking, indexes, cross-references, and complex page layouts. One advantage was transparency and openness — the XML structure made document content inspectable, transformable, and processable using standard tools, a sharp contrast to the opaque binary formats dominant at the time. The format's role as a technological precursor to the ODF standard is another historical significance: the OASIS OpenDocument Technical Committee used the OpenOffice.org XML format (including SXW) as the starting point for developing ODF 1.0. While SXW was superseded by ODT with OpenOffice.org 2.0 in 2005, existing SXW documents can be opened by LibreOffice, Apache OpenOffice, and document conversion tools.
Developer: Sun Microsystems
Initial release: 2002

Frequently Asked Questions

Why convert SUN to SXW?

SUN was built for Sun Microsystems hardware that is long discontinued. SXW offers the broad compatibility modern workflows demand.

What programs open SXW files?

SXW files can be opened in LibreOffice Writer, Apache OpenOffice, and applications that read legacy StarOffice formats.

Can I convert SUN to SXW on my phone?

Yes — the converter works in mobile browsers on both Android and iOS. No app installation needed, just open the page and upload.

Can I convert multiple SUN data at once?

Yes — Convertio supports batch uploads. Queue several SUN inputs and convert them all to SXW in a single session to save time.

Is SUN to SXW conversion lossless?

The pixel data from your SUN source is mapped faithfully to SXW. Whether the result is lossless depends on the SXW format's compression method.