Ami Pro document
File type: Document file
Files with the sam file extension could be especially in the past found as documents created using the Ami Pro word processor.
Found 7 different file type records with the same sam filename suffix.
File type category:
Document file
Date updated: May 30, 2022
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The sam file extension is related to Samna, Lotus Ami, Ami Pro word processors and used for their default document format. As all these programs are considered obsolete, the format is very rare nowadays.
Ami Pro was released in 1988. The last version was published in 2007.
MIME types:
application/vnd.lotus-wordpro
Use Lotus Word Pro to view content of the *.sam document files.
Some programs still support the old SAM format and can convert it to some more modern formats or just simple text files.
Software applications that can open sam files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit sam files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving sam files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create sam files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that convert sam files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that print sam files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: October 18, 2018
The sam file extension is used by the Age of Wonders III a fantasy turn based strategic computer game for Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems distributed via Steam.
The sam file stores strategic map (a custom made map in Age of Wonders III map editing tool).
Use Age of Wonders III Level Editor to open *.sam files.
Probably cannot be converted to other formats.
Software applications that can open sam files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
Software applications that can edit sam files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving sam files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create sam files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving sam files:
Multiplatform
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: September 28, 2026
The CalTech PaleoMag data format stores paleomagnetic data in fixed-format ASCII text. Its fixed field layout allows PaleoMag to read the data consistently for analysis.
The format is associated with PaleoMag, a paleomagnetic data analysis application available on multiple platforms. It has been used in the paleomagnetics laboratory at CalTech.
Open the .sam file with PaleoMag on a supported platform. The file can also be viewed as plain text in a text editor, but changing its fixed-format fields may prevent PaleoMag from reading it correctly.
To transform the data, a researcher can write a custom script to parse and convert its fields, provided the fixed format is understood.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving sam files:
Multiplatform
File type category:
Internet related file
Date updated: September 27, 2026
HOSTS.SAM is a sample hosts file for TCP/IP networking. It contains entries that map IP addresses to machine names, allowing software to identify a machine by name instead of by its numeric address.
The file uses readable text rather than a proprietary binary structure. Its entries are intended for use by the host-name resolution system, although a file retaining the .sam file extension is not normally the active hosts file.
The .sam version is generally a legacy sample file. It may be useful as a reference when creating or restoring an active hosts file.
Open a SAM file with a plain-text editor such as Notepad or another text editor. Do not use a word processor, because it may add formatting that networking software cannot interpret.
If the file is intended for use as a hosts file, check its entries first and follow the conventions of the operating system. An active hosts file normally has no .sam extension and must be placed in the appropriate system networking directory.
A SAM file does not normally need conversion. Because it is a plain-text hosts file, its contents can be edited or copied into an active hosts file using a text editor.
To preserve the mappings, save the text without word-processing formatting. Renaming the file may be necessary when using it as an active hosts file, but this is a file-management step rather than a format conversion.
File type category:
Document file
Date updated: December 20, 2024
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The sam file extension is also related to a file converter integrated in Microsoft Office 97. It was used to convert documents from previous formats to newer ones.
This type of .sam file was some sort of library used for the converter.
Not mean to be opened directly.
This file is not meant for conversion, it was just used as library to allow conversions in the program.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving sam files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: August 6, 2019
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The sam file extension is related to the Samurize, a software for customize Microsoft Windows desktop with gadgets.
The sam file stores gadget for Samurize program. It is a ZIP archive with renamed file extension to sam.
Samurize is available for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003.
File type category:
Audio and sound file
Date updated: November 10, 2024
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The sam file extension is associated with the 8-bits PCM (pulse code modulation) mono sound format.
The SAM sound format seems to be obsolete, but it is still playable in Awave Studio audio playback and editing software.
use Adobe Audition, or Awave Studio to open *.sam files.
Awave Studio is able to transform *.sam files to other formats.
Software applications that can open sam files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Apps designed for playing sam files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
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