RTF Viewer Online - Rich Text Format Reader

View RTF files in your browser. Read Rich Text Format documents without Microsoft Word. Browser-based, preserves formatting, works offline.

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Security: Only process files from sources you trust. All processing happens locally in your browser.

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Frequently Asked Questions

RTF (Rich Text Format) is Microsoft's document interchange format from 1987. It stores text with formatting (fonts, colors, styles) in a readable ASCII format.

RTF works across platforms and applications. It's supported by nearly every word processor and doesn't require specific software licenses to read.

Bold, italic, underline, font names and sizes, colors, paragraph alignment, lists, and basic tables. Images may not display in all cases.

Yes. All processing happens locally in your browser. Your RTF files never leave your device, ensuring complete privacy for sensitive documents.

This is a read-only viewer. For editing RTF, use word processors like LibreOffice Writer, Microsoft Word, or Google Docs (after import).

Many legacy applications export to RTF. Word processors have 'Save As RTF' options. Some email clients use RTF for rich text.

Windows WordPad creates standard RTF files. This viewer handles WordPad RTF documents correctly with their formatting.

Unicode characters, symbols, and international text are supported through RTF escape sequences. Some rare encodings may not display correctly.

Yes. Select and copy text normally. The formatting will be plain text when pasted into most applications.

No hard limit, but very large RTF files (10MB+) may be slow to parse. The viewer is optimized for typical document sizes.

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