Key facts
- Filename extension
- .rtf
- Internet media type
- text/rtf , application/rtf
- Type code
- 'RTF.'
- Uniform type identifier uti
- public.rtf
- Magic number
- {\rtf
- Developed by
- Microsoft
- Initial release
- 1987 ; 39 years ago ( 1987 )
- Latest release
- 1.9.1, 19 March 2008 ; 18 years ago ( 2008-03-19 )
- Type of format
- Document file format
- Open format
- No
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Wikidata facts
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- described at URL
- www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10725
- software version identifier
- 1.8
- file extension
- rtf
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/rtf
- media type
- application/rtf
- file format identification pattern
- 7B5C72746631
- publication date
- 1987-00-00
- short name
- RTF
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The Rich Text Format (often abbreviated RTF) is a legacy proprietary document file format with published specification developed by Microsoft Corporation from 1987 until 2008 for cross-platform document interchange with Microsoft products. Prior to 2008, Microsoft published updated specifications for RTF with major revisions of Microsoft Word and Office versions. Since Windows 11 removed WordPad in an update, it is no longer able to open them in a formatted and Unicode-preserving manner without additional software.
Most word processors are able to read and write some versions of RTF. There are several different revisions of RTF specification; portability of files will depend on what version of RTF is being used.