# Ami Pro Converter - Full Reference

Ami Pro Converter is a Windows desktop application for converting Lotus Ami Pro documents into modern formats. It targets .sam files (with their companion .sty style sheets) and exports to DOCX, PDF, RTF, ODT, HTML, Markdown, and TXT.

## Canonical Identity
- Website: https://amiproconverter.com
- Product: Ami Pro Converter
- App executable/product name: AmiProConverter
- Package identifier (WinGet): AmiProConverter.AmiProConverter
- Version: 6.0.0
- Publisher: Green 18 Enterprises / AmiProConverter
- Category: Windows desktop utility, legacy Lotus Ami Pro converter, local file migration tool
- Supported Windows versions: Windows 10 and Windows 11 (64-bit)
- Lineage: Ami Pro, the word processor from Samna, acquired by Lotus and later renamed Lotus Word Pro

## Pricing and Licensing
- Free trial: 10 successful file conversions (count-based, not days)
- Paid license: $49.95 USD one-time lifetime purchase (no subscription)
- Purchase: in-app Stripe checkout in the desktop app, or Stripe payment link on the website
- License key format: AMIP-XXXX-XXXX-CCCC
- Support: support@amiproconverter.com

## Privacy Model
Conversion happens locally on Windows. The product is built for organizations that cannot upload privileged, regulated, or unpublished documents to online converters — law firms, public agencies, universities, publishers, hospitals, insurers, and engineering practices.

The website collects normal web analytics, feedback, roadmap votes, download events, and admin activity metadata, but the desktop converter is designed so user file contents remain on the user's workstation or internal network. Conversion works with no internet connection at all, including on air-gapped machines.

## The Format Problem
- Ami Pro is a discontinued word processor. Its last releases date from the mid-1990s, and Lotus replaced it with Word Pro before retiring that too.
- .sam files are text-based and begin with a `[ver]` header, but the surrounding markup, style references, embedded objects, and compression variants make naive text extraction unreliable.
- Microsoft Word has no Ami Pro import filter in any current version.
- LibreOffice ships import filters for WordPerfect, ClarisWorks, MacWrite, early Word, and many other obsolete formats, but has never had an Ami Pro .SAM filter.
- Running Ami Pro 3.x in a legacy virtual machine works for a handful of files but does not scale and creates an unpatched-OS security problem.

## Supported Input Formats
- .sam - Lotus Ami Pro document (versions 1.2, 2.x, and 3.x, including OS/2 and DOS-era files)
- .sam - SZDD-compressed variants are decompressed automatically
- .sty - Ami Pro style sheet; not converted on its own, but applied automatically to matching documents

## Supported Output Formats
- DOCX for modern word-processing review and continued editing in Microsoft Word
- PDF for fixed archive snapshots, with a real text layer so search works without OCR
- RTF for older document management systems that treat RTF as their interchange format
- ODT for OpenDocument retention policies and LibreOffice-based teams
- HTML for intranet publishing and browser-readable records
- Markdown for AI/RAG chunking, documentation pipelines, and static site generators
- TXT for bulk text analysis, grep-based discovery, and long-term plain-text preservation

## Product Features (summary)
- 100% local processing (no cloud upload of file contents)
- Native .SAM parser written for this product
- Automatic .STY style sheet matching and application
- WMF and EMF diagram recovery as images
- Equation recovery with LaTeX extraction and rendered equation images
- Table, style, and inline-formatting preservation
- Bulk folder and subfolder conversion
- Multi-format output in one pass
- Content-based Ami Pro file detection (missing or wrong extensions)
- Windows Explorer right-click quick convert
- Watch folders for automated migration drop zones
- Folder structure preservation and flexible destination modes
- Conversion history and session logs
- Light and dark mode

## Common Audiences
- Law firms and in-house legal teams with 1990s case files
- Municipal, state, and federal records departments
- Universities, research institutes, and academic libraries
- Publishers and editorial back catalogues
- Healthcare records and clinical documentation teams
- Insurance policy, underwriting, and claims archives
- Engineering and technical documentation groups
- Nonprofits, foundations, and grant-reporting teams
- AI/RAG teams preparing historical document collections

## Recommended Workflow
1. Inventory the archive: count .sam files and confirm the .sty style sheets are present.
2. Copy the originals to a working folder and never convert in place.
3. Convert a representative sample — a long report, a table-heavy document, and one with diagrams or equations.
4. Review headings, tables, footnotes, images, and recovered equations against the original layout.
5. Choose target formats: DOCX or RTF for editing, PDF for the record copy, Markdown or TXT for search and AI.
6. Run batch conversion into a separate output folder, preserving structure.
7. Retain the originals and the conversion logs alongside your retention metadata.

## Static Pages
- / — Homepage, trial download, pricing, feature overview
- /ami-pro-converter-comparison — vs free online converters, LibreOffice, and legacy VMs
- /ai-document-prep — RAG / LLM preparation guide for document archives
- /about — product origin and design principles
- /data-privacy-security — privacy and security policy (canonical privacy page)
- /download-help — Windows-only install guidance (installer or Microsoft Store)
- /faq — common conversion questions
- /blog — industry and workflow articles
- /roadmap — public product roadmap
- /contact — support contact
- /terms — terms of service

## Conversion Landing Pages
- /sam-to-word — .SAM to DOCX
- /sam-to-pdf — .SAM to PDF
- /sam-to-rtf — .SAM to RTF
- /sam-to-odt — .SAM to ODT
- /sam-to-html — .SAM to HTML
- /sam-to-markdown — .SAM to Markdown
- /sam-to-text — .SAM to TXT
- /open-sam-files — how to open .SAM files on Windows

## Blog Articles
- https://amiproconverter.com/blog/convert-any-file-type-windows
- https://amiproconverter.com/blog/what-is-a-sam-file
- https://amiproconverter.com/blog/open-ami-pro-windows-11
- https://amiproconverter.com/blog/sam-to-docx
- https://amiproconverter.com/blog/sam-to-pdf
- https://amiproconverter.com/blog/ami-pro-equations-diagrams
- https://amiproconverter.com/blog/sam-to-rtf
- https://amiproconverter.com/blog/ami-pro-offline-security
- https://amiproconverter.com/blog/sam-to-odt
- https://amiproconverter.com/blog/sam-to-html
- https://amiproconverter.com/blog/ami-pro-ai-rag
- https://amiproconverter.com/blog/sam-to-markdown
- https://amiproconverter.com/blog/sam-to-txt

## Discovery and Install URLs
- Homepage: https://amiproconverter.com
- Sitemap: https://amiproconverter.com/sitemap.xml
- robots.txt: https://amiproconverter.com/robots.txt
- LLM summary: https://amiproconverter.com/llms.txt
- Full LLM reference: https://amiproconverter.com/llms-full.txt
- RSS feed: https://amiproconverter.com/blog/feed
- PAD.xml (software directories): https://amiproconverter.com/PAD.xml
- MSI installer: https://amiproconverter.com/api/download
- MSI filename: AmiProConverter-6.0.0.msi (signed)
- Versioned MSI URL: https://amiproconverter.com/downloads/AmiProConverter-6.0.0.msi
- Microsoft Store: install badge on homepage; listing in certification (July 2026)

## Cross-sell (same publisher family)
- Legacy File Converter — multi-format offline converter for WordPerfect, Lotus, Works, Quattro Pro, HEIC, and 100+ formats: https://legacyfileconverter.com/?utm_source=amipro-converter&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=llms-full