Hangul Word Processor Document 3
Readabledocument
Hangul is a Word Processor application created by South Korean software company Hancom. HWP is the native format. A link to the file format specification can be found here: https://www.hancom.com/etc/hwpDownload.do
Identify it
| Extensions | .hwp |
|---|---|
| Signatures | 48575020446f63756d656e742046696c652056332e3030201a0102030405 at byte 0 (HWP 3) |
| PRONOM | fmt/1083 |
| Wikidata | Q28757958 |
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Open it
- LibreOfficeOpen source
Convert it
| To | With | Fidelity | Command and losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Open XML Wordprocessing Document, ECMA-376 1st Edition | LibreOffice | Partial | soffice --headless --convert-to docx in.hwpLayout may shift; macros and some features are not kept. |
| OpenDocument | LibreOffice | Partial | soffice --headless --convert-to odt in.hwpLayout may shift; macros and some features are not kept. |
| LibreOffice | Partial | soffice --headless --convert-to pdf in.hwpFixed layout: the document is no longer editable. |
Sources
From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-20.