How to Open an EMZ File on PC or Mac

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Written by Darlene Antonelli, MA

Last Updated: August 12, 2024

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Opening in MS Office

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Converting with 7-Zip

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Converting with XnView

This wikiHow teaches you how to open EMZ files on PC or Mac.

Easy Steps to Open an EMZ File

Open any Microsoft Office program, like Word, PowerPoint, or Excel. Open a new document, click “Insert,” and hit “Image” to load your file browser. Navigate to your EMZ file and double-click to open the file.

Method 1

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Opening in MS Office

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Open an MS Office program like Word or PowerPoint.
- You can find this in either your Start Menu
  
  or Finder
  
  .
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A drop-down menu will appear.
Your file browser will load.
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Double-click to open the file.
- The EMZ file will be added into the document as an image. You cannot edit it.

Method 2

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Converting with 7-Zip

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Navigate to https://www.7-zip.org/ .
A pop-up box will appear for the download location.
The installer will save in the location you picked in the previous step, which is most likely the Downloads folder.
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Click the 7-Zip Installer to launch it.
- Click Allow changes if prompted.
You will see a progress bar as the installation progresses.
You can find this in your Start Menu.
This program works just like the native file manager on your computer.
It will highlight in blue.
This is at the top of the window and looks like a blue minus button. A window will pop up with options such as extraction location.
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Click Ok . The files inside the EMZ file will extract into the location you specified in the previous step.
- The files contained in the EMZ file are now convertible to a PNG file format. You can do this by repeating steps 8-11, but selecting convert instead of extract.

Method 3

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Converting with XnView

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Go to XnView MP 0.93.1 in a web browser.
- Click Download & Purchase if you are not already at that area of the website.
- You will see a link to purchase a license (if you're a company intending to use this software) and a link to donate via PayPal. Below that are options to download XnView for both Mac and Windows.
Your file browser will pop up for the download location and file name.
The installer file will save in the location you picked in the previous step, which is most likely the Downloads folder.
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Follow the Installer Setup Wizard. It will lead you through setting up and installing XnView.
- Read any and all agreements before clicking I agree .
You will see a progress bar as the installation progresses.
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Open XNViewMP.
- You can find this in either the Start Menu
  
  or in Finder
  
  . The program will open in Browse Mode.
This is in the top ribbon and a menu will drop down.
Your file browser will open.
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Double-click on your EMZ file to open it.
- You can view your file, but not edit it.
This is in the top ribbon and a menu will drop down.
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Click Batch Convert . The Batch Convert menu will open to the Output tab.
- You can add files to the conversion by clicking the Input tab and pressing Add .
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Change the file format from the drop-down list. This is on the right-hand side under the header Format.
- You can alter any settings here.
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Click Convert .
- Your files will save in the converted format in the location selected. This defaults to the same location your files originally came from.