Microsoft KB Archive/198517

= WD2000: Differences Between RTF and RFT File Formats =

Article ID: 198517

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q198517





SUMMARY
Two file formats with similar abbreviations (RFT and RTF) are commonly confused.

The difference between these two formats is as follows:


 * RFT-DCA (commonly referred to as RFT) represents IBM Corporation's Revisable-Form Text Document Content Architecture format. This format was developed by IBM for transfer of documents between its word- processing systems and other systems.
 * RTF represents Microsoft Corporation's Rich Text Format. The Rich Text Format standard is a method of encoding formatted text and graphics for easy transfer between MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, and Apple Macintosh applications.



MORE INFORMATION
NOTE: The latest RTF Specification, version 1.6, is available in the MSDN library. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

269575 WD2000: Rich Text Format (RTF) Specifications Version 1.6 Available

Additional query words: rftdca dcarft rft/dca dca/rft dca-rft rft dca rich- text

Keywords: kbinfo KB198517

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