Mathematica Import/Export Format

RTF (.rtf)

MIME type: application/rtf
RTF document file format.
Used for cross-platform exchange of formatted text documents.
Supported by most word processors.
RTF is an acronym for Rich Text Format.
7-bit ASCII format.
Stores formatted text using a human-readable document markup language.
Developed since 1987 by Microsoft.

Import and Export support RTF format Version 1.3.

IMPORT AND EXPORT

Import["file.rtf"]imports an RTF file as a Notebook expression.

Export["file.rtf", expr] exports a Notebook expression or elements of a notebook to RTF.

Import["file.rtf"] returns an expression of the form Notebook[...].

Import["file.rtf", elem] imports the specified element from an RTF file.

Import["file.rtf", {elem, sub_a, sub_b, ...}] imports a subelement.

Import["file.rtf", {{elem₁, elem₂, ...}}] imports multiple elements.

The import format can be specified with Import["file","RTF"] or Import["file", {"RTF", elem, ...}].

Export["file.rtf", expr, elem] creates an RTF file by treating expr as specifying element elem.

Export["file.rtf", {expr₁, expr₂, ...}, {{elem₁, elem₂, ...}}] treats each expr_i as specifying the corresponding elem_i.

Export["file.rtf", expr, opt₁->val₁, ...] exports expr with the specified option elements taken to have the specified values.

Export["file.rtf", {elem₁->expr₁, elem₂->expr₂, ...}, "Rules"] uses rules to specify the elements to be exported.

See the reference pages for full general information on Import and Export.

ImportString and ExportString support the RTF format.

NOTEBOOK INTERFACE

Save As exports the active notebook as an RTF file.

ELEMENTS

General Import elements:

	"Elements"	list of elements and options available in this file
	"Rules"	full list of rules for each element and option
	"Options"	list of rules for options, properties and settings

Data representation elements:

	"Notebook"	a Notebook version of the RTF file
	"NotebookObject"	RTF file converted to NotebookObject

Import and Export use the "Notebook" element by default for RTF files.