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Can you convert HOW2 to HTML?
Verified by Adam B.· reviewed by FE Editorial ·updated Jul 2, 2026
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Is it possible to convert HOW2 to HTML?
No - not a direct conversion.

The .how2 format stores an interactive on-screen guide (text, screenshots, focus arrows) that only the now-discontinued Visma Performit Player can read, and it offers no export to .html. The realistic alternative is to open the guide in the player and capture it as PDF or images, which you can then place into a web page.

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Why convert HOW2 to HTML?

People want .html so a guide can be viewed in any browser instead of the retired player. But .how2 is a closed configuration format with no documented HTML exporter, so there is no clean way to turn its interactive steps into web markup.

How to convert HOW2 to HTML

Print the guide to PDF, then convert

Open the .how2 in Visma Performit Player, print it via Microsoft Print to PDF, then convert the PDF to HTML with a separate tool if needed.

Screenshot each step into a web page

View each step in the player, capture screenshots, and rebuild the guide manually as an .html page.

Ask the guide's author for the source

Since the player is discontinued, request an already-exported PDF or web version from whoever originally created the guide.

About these formats

.HOW2 Visma Performit Player Configuration File

A .how2 file is an interactive on-screen guide made with Visma Performit Player, a Windows help-authoring tool from the software vendor Visma. It bundles step text, screenshots and pointer…

Open .HOW2 details →
.HTML HyperText Markup Language Web Page

An HTML file is a web page - plain text with markup tags that a browser turns into the formatted page you see. To view it, double-click and it opens in your browser (Edge, Chrome, Firefox,…

Open .HTML details →

Quality & what to watch

  • There is no direct .how2-to-.html converter; any HTML is rebuilt by hand from captured content.
  • The interactive focus arrows and click-through steps become static text and images.
  • Because Visma Performit Player is discontinued, opening older .how2 files at all may be difficult.

Frequently asked questions

Can I convert a how2 file straight to HTML?
No. The format is proprietary with no HTML export, so you must recreate the page from captured content.
What opens a .how2 file?
Only Visma Performit Player, which is now discontinued but may still open the file if already installed.
How do I preserve the guide for the web?
Print or screenshot each step, then assemble those into an HTML page yourself.
Is there an online how2 converter?
No trustworthy one exists because the format is closed and no longer supported.