RTF File Documentation

Overview

Feature Value
File Extension .rtf
MIME Type application/rtf
Developer Microsoft
Release Year 1987
Format Type Document
Text Encoding ASCII, with support for Unicode
Styling Options Fonts, colors, text style (bold, italic, underline), alignment
Image Support Embedded objects and images
Page Definition Paper size, margins, headers, footers
Compatibility Highly compatible with various text editors
Security Lacks advanced encryption features
Editable Yes, with compatible software
Hyperlinks Supports hyperlinks
Tables Support Can contain tables
List Formats Supports numbered and bulleted lists
Scriptability Supports scripts and macros in some editors
Interoperability Can be opened and edited by most document processing software
Compression Does not natively support compression
Document Structure Structured similar to an HTML document with tags
License Proprietary format but openly documented
File Size Generally larger than plain text, but smaller than some other rich text formats