I'm wondering if there's a program that can convert the backup files done through desktop manager so that contact information can be opened in text form, with something like word, excel, etc.

Basically I'd like to transfer all my contacts and their info onto a text file...

Something like this?
Free download ABC Amber BlackBerry Convertor, parse, convert, backup and archive IPD files to CHM, PDF, HTML, Word, Access, Excel, CSV, IPD Extractor

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Yes like that... I'm going to give the trial a shot right now

Edit: Anything like that available for free? This is exactly what I was looking for

Or you could just sync your contacts with Outlook, then export your Outlook contact list....

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yup you can export to an Excel File. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^