Rich Text Format

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Rich Text Format (RTF) is a cross-platform document file format developed by Microsoft that preserves basic text formatting and structure while remaining readable by many word processors.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf document file format ⓘ
markup language ⓘ
abbreviation RTF ⓘ
backwardCompatibility older RTF readers can often read newer RTF files with limited features ⓘ
basedOn control word syntax similar to early Microsoft Word formats ⓘ
characterEncoding ANSI ⓘ
Unicode ⓘ
code pages ⓘ
compatibilityGoal readable on multiple operating systems ⓘ
designedFor interchange of formatted text between applications ⓘ
developer Microsoft ⓘ
documentation Rich Text Format (RTF) Specification by Microsoft ⓘ
linked to: Rich Text Format
doesNotSupportFeature advanced layout features of modern page description languages ⓘ
fileExtension .rtf ⓘ
fileSignature {\rtf ⓘ
genre word processing document format ⓘ
inception 1987 ⓘ
latestSpecificationPublication 2008 ⓘ
mediaType application/rtf ⓘ
text/rtf ⓘ
openSpecification partially documented by Microsoft ⓘ
platform cross-platform ⓘ
primaryUse exchange of formatted text between different word processing systems ⓘ
programmingLanguage plain text control words ⓘ
replacedBy Office Open XML for many Microsoft Office scenarios ⓘ
securityConsideration can contain embedded objects that may pose security risks in some contexts ⓘ
standardizationStatus proprietary specification ⓘ
structure plain text with control words and groups ⓘ
supportsFeature Unicode text ⓘ
basic character formatting ⓘ
document metadata ⓘ
embedded images ⓘ
font specification ⓘ
footnotes and endnotes ⓘ
headers and footers ⓘ
hyperlinks ⓘ
language and locale information ⓘ
lists ⓘ
paragraph formatting ⓘ
section breaks ⓘ
styles ⓘ
tables ⓘ
text alignment ⓘ
typicalUseCase simple formatted documents that must be widely readable ⓘ
usedBy Apache OpenOffice Writer ⓘ
linked to: Apache OpenOffice

LibreOffice Writer ⓘ
linked to: LibreOffice

Microsoft Word ⓘ
linked to: Word

WordPad ⓘ
many other word processors ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Google Docs → supportsExport → Rich Text Format ⓘ
DocBook → supportsOutputFormat → RTF ⓘ
linked to: Rich Text Format
Rich Text Format → documentation → Rich Text Format (RTF) Specification by Microsoft ⓘ
linked to: Rich Text Format
WordPad → supportsFileFormat → Rich Text Format ⓘ
CorelDRAW → supportsFormat → RTF ⓘ
linked to: Rich Text Format
MultiMarkdown → outputFormat → RTF ⓘ
linked to: Rich Text Format
DITA Open Toolkit → outputFormat → RTF ⓘ
linked to: Rich Text Format
Microsoft Word for Macintosh → fileFormat → Rich Text Format ⓘ
Faculty of Radio Engineering → shortName → RTF ⓘ
linked to: Rich Text Format
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition → supportsFileFormat → Rich Text Format ⓘ
subject linked to: Professional Edition