Rich Text Format

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Rich text format refers to a document file format, developed by Microsoft, for cross-platform document interchange. Most word processing programs are able to read and write rich text format documents, and unlike most word processing formats, is readable by humans.


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Examples

A backslash always starts an rich text format control code. The \par control code indicates a new line, and \b switches to bold type. Braces define a group. Everything else will be treated as clear text.


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Common uses

The RTF format is the default rich text format for Mac OS X's default editor, TextEdit. Previous versions of the WordPad editor created RTF files by default; however, though it can still read, view, and edit RTF files, it now uses the Microsoft Word file format by default. The open-source editor AbiWord, which is common on Unix-like platforms, can also edit RTF files. These different programs do not however create files that are completely compatible with each other.

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Other formats

In addition to rich text format, there are many other markup languages being used. Some of them widely used, some less so. Following is a list of the major document formats:

  • DITA
  • DocBook
  • HTML
  • LaTeX
  • MathML
  • MAML
  • RTF
  • S1000D
  • TeX
  • troff
  • Wikipedia
  • WML
  • XHTML
  • XHTML Basic
  • XML

Many of the previously mentioned markup languages are not only used for document creation, but for webpage design, as well as other applications. Below is a list of office document markup languages:

  • OpenDocument
  • OpenOffice.org XML
  • ReportML
  • SpreadsheetML
  • WordprocessingML
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