RTF (usually referred to as such) stands for Rich Text Format, a document file format developed by Microsoft for cross-platform document interchange that most text processing programs are able to read and write.
The simple example of an RTF file:
{\rtf Hello\par This is a little {\b text}.\par The End }
will show as
Hello This is a little text. The End
Paragraphs have to be explicitly marked with \par and {\b ....} marks bold text. This syntax is similar to that of TeX.
The RTF format is the default rich text format for Mac OS X's default editor TextEdit and Microsoft Windows' default editor WordPad.
External links
- Official RTF Spec via Web - in many formats including HQX, manpages, rtf, PS. Also info on RTF to something translators. Includes versions 1.3 and 1.5.
- RTF Spec for Word 97 features - you will also need the full version 1.4 of the RTF spec.
- A link to the RTF v1.3 spec
- http://www.biblioscape.com/rtf15_spec.htm RTF v1.5 spec
- [1] (Version 1.6 April 2002)
- [Rich Text Format (RTF) Specification, version 1.6] [--Microsoft Corporation, May 1999--]