RTF viewer
To open an RTF file, drop it in the box below. It opens straight away, even with no extension or the wrong one. Your browser opens it on your device: nothing is uploaded.
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Opened on this device, never uploadedDrop or paste another file at any time
What you see
| RTF in the viewer | |
|---|---|
| Shown | Headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, links, pictures |
| Text | Every Windows code page, Cyrillic and Greek too |
| Not shown | Fonts, colours, sizes, headers and footers |
| Next | Convert to DOCX, HTML, Markdown or text |
| Extensions | .rtf |
| Upload | None: opened on your device |
What is an RTF file?
In short
RTF (Rich Text Format) is plain text with formatting codes, written by WordPad, TextEdit and older word processors.
The formatted document on a page: headings, bold and italics, lists, tables, links and PNG or JPEG pictures, in any of the code pages Windows writes. Text shows the RTF codes themselves.
How to open an RTF file
- Add your RTF. Drop the file in the box, choose it or paste it.
- Look at it. The formatted document on a page: headings, bold and italics, lists, tables, links and PNG or JPEG pictures, in any of the code pages Windows writes. Text shows the RTF codes themselves.
- Take it further. Open in hands it, in a new tab, to File converter or Batch.
Questions
Drop it here: it opens in the browser.
Yes, under Text.
No. The viewer runs in your browser and opens the file on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere.