Documents

RTF files

A simple document format with basic formatting such as fonts, bold and italics. It’s TextEdit’s default format and opens in almost any word processor.

Full name
Rich Text Format
Made by
Microsoft
Introduced
1987
File extension
.rtf
Best for
Simple formatted text that has to open anywhere
Opens in
TextEdit, Pages, Word, LibreOffice and most word processors
In FileFlip
Opens and saves

Good at

  • Opens almost anywhere
  • Keeps basic formatting

Not so good at

  • Limited layout features

RTF in FileFlip

FileFlip opens RTF files and saves to RTF.

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