ANSI text (ANSI Art)
File type: Text file
An ans file extension is associated with the ANSI Art text file format.
Found 4 different file type records with the same ans filename suffix.
File type category:
Text file
Date updated: December 31, 2024
The ans file extension is related to ANSI art, a computer artform that was widely used at one time on BBSes.
It is similar to ASCII art, but constructed from a larger set of 256 letters, numbers, and symbols — all codes found in IBM code page 437, often referred to as extended ASCII and used in MS-DOS environments.
ANSI art also contains special ANSI escape sequences that color text with the 16 foreground and 8 background colors offered by ANSI.SYS, an MS-DOS device driver loosely based upon the ANSI X3.64 standard for text terminals.
Some ANSI artists take advantage of the cursor control sequences within ANSI X3.64 in order to create animations, commonly referred to as ANSImations.
Use text editor to view content of *.ans files.
Compatible tools may be able to export *.ans files to other formats.
Software applications that can open ans files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Multiplatform
Software applications that can edit ans files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Multiplatform
Software capable of saving ans files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Software apps that create ans files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Software apps that import ans files:
Multiplatform
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: December 4, 2018
The ans file extension is also associated with ANSYS DesignModeler, a parametric geometry and engineering simulation software for Microsoft Windows.
This type of .ans file stores data for model created in the DesignModeler.
You can work with these files using ANSYS, provided you have all the model files.
Some sort of export from ANSYS is probably possible, but only for whole model - not just some part of it.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving ans files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Document file
Date updated: October 25, 2026
HotDocs is document-automation software for creating customized documents from templates. Its templates can be used for contracts, sales proposals, government and court forms, legal documents, loan applications, and medical forms.
A HotDocs answer file contains the information supplied during a template interview. The answers can be saved and reused to generate or update the associated customized document without entering the information again.
The .ans format is a HotDocs-specific answer-data format used by HotDocs on Microsoft Windows. It is intended for use within HotDocs rather than as a general-purpose document or data-exchange format.
Open the .ans file in HotDocs on Microsoft Windows. HotDocs uses the answer data with the relevant template to display or generate the associated document.
If the file does not open as expected, the corresponding HotDocs template may also be required.
There is no general-purpose conversion for a HotDocs answer file. The file stores answers for use with a HotDocs template, not the completed document itself.
Use HotDocs to generate the completed document, then save or export that document in a format supported by the template and the installed version of HotDocs.
Software applications that can open ans files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit ans files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving ans files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create ans files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that print ans files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Document file
Date updated: December 20, 2024
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The ans file extension was also used in some previous version of Microsoft Word for text and layout files.
Microsoft Word is authoring program that gives you the ability to create and share documents by combining a comprehensive set of writing tools with the easy-to-use Microsoft Office Fluent user interface, which is part of Microsoft Office.
Use Microsoft Word to open *.ans text and layout files.
Probably cannot be converted to other formats.
Software applications that can open ans files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit ans files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving ans files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving ans files:
Microsoft Windows
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