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XV to SXW Converter

Online XV to SXW — quick document conversion

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Batch Processing

Queue multiple XV files for conversion at once. Each file produces its own SXW output independently.

No Account Needed

No account creation required for basic conversions. Go from XV to SXW in seconds without any signup steps.

Quality Output

Output quality matters. The converter produces well-encoded SXW files that maintain the integrity of your source XV data.

How to convert XV 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

XV is an alternate file extension for the VIFF (Visualization Image File Format) developed by Khoral Research as part of the Khoros scientific image processing environment, which originated at the University of New Mexico around 1990. The .xv extension and the .viff extension refer to the same underlying format — a container with a 1024-byte header encoding image dimensions, data type (from single-bit to double-precision float and complex numbers), color space, band count, and optional spatial location metadata, followed by color map data and pixel values. The XV extension became common on systems where Khoros was installed alongside other X Window System tools, and in some research communities .xv was preferred over .viff as a shorter alternative. Khoros itself was a pioneering visual programming system where scientists assembled image processing pipelines by wiring together processing nodes in a graphical canvas — an approach that predated and influenced similar environments in MATLAB, LabVIEW, and commercial remote sensing packages. One advantage of the VIFF/XV format is its ability to store data at scientific precision levels — floating-point and complex number pixel values preserve measurement accuracy that would be lost in photographic formats limited to 8-bit or 16-bit integers, making it valuable for spectral analysis, computational physics output, and satellite imagery. The multi-band architecture provides another strength, allowing a single file to hold dozens of spectral channels from multispectral or hyperspectral sensors without splitting data across multiple files. XV files are supported by ImageMagick and can be converted to modern image formats for visualization or publication.
Developer: Khoral Research
Initial release: 1990
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 XV to SXW?

XV data from research and data analysis workflows becomes universally viewable once converted to SXW format.

How do I open SXW files?

Open SXW files with LibreOffice, OpenOffice. Most operating systems handle SXW natively or with built-in viewers.

Does the conversion happen on my device?

Convertio handles all processing on its servers — your device just uploads the XV and downloads the SXW result.

Is my XV data kept private?

Privacy is built in — XV uploads are purged after processing, and SXW files are auto-deleted within 24 hours.

Do I need to install anything?

No installation required. Convertio runs in your web browser — just open the page, upload your XV file, and convert.

How long does XV to SXW conversion take?

Most conversions complete in seconds. Larger XV files may take a bit longer depending on data complexity.