Format
Rich Text Format
Summary
- Name
- Rich Text Format
- Version
- 0
- Identifiers
-
- MIME: application/rtf
- PUID: fmt/969
- Format type
- Word Processor
- Family
- Rich Text Format
- Description
- Rich Text Format (RTF) is a format developed by Microsoft to encode formatted text and graphics for use within applications or for data and formatting transfer between applications. It is closely associated with Microsoft Word, and new versions are developed with each release of Word. RTF files are encoded in plain text, typically ASCII, and consists of a series of control words, control symbols and groups. An RTF file comprises a Header section, containing various header tables, followed by a Document section, containing the document content and formatting. RTF0 may predate version 1.0 of the RTF specification which is known to date from at least 1992. Please contact the PRONOM team if you are aware of or have access to a formal specification for RTF0.
- File extensions
-
rtf - Source
- National Library of New Zealand / National Library of New Zealand
- Developed by
- Microsoft Corporation
- Supported by
- Microsoft Corporation
Internal signatures
RTF 0
- Note
- BOF: {\rtf0 version control word & any character set control word from /ansi /mac /pc /pca
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
7B5C727466305C(616E7369|6D6163|7063|706361)- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Updated in V91
- Release date
- 25 July 2017
Rich Text Format 0: Removed extraneous whitespace preceeding format name. Error identified by Andy Jackson's file format registry aggregator - http://www.digipres.org/formats/- hosted on the DigiPres Commons website.
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Added in V88
- Release date
- 27 September 2016
Rich Text Format 0: Signature developed by National Library of New Zealand.
Rich Text Format 0: Full entry added. Submitted by National Library of New Zealand.