Information about the Rich Text Format (RTF) version specifications for various versions of Word (924944)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Word 2003
  • Microsoft Word 2002
  • Microsoft Word 2000
  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

INTRODUCTION

This article contains information about the Rich Text Format (RTF) version specifications for various versions of Microsoft Word.

MORE INFORMATION

The following table outlines the RTF version specifications for Microsoft Office Word 2003, Microsoft Word 2002, Microsoft Word 2000, Microsoft Word 97, Microsoft Word 95, and Microsoft Word 6.0.
RTF versionWord version
1.8Word 2003/Word 11
1.7Word 2002/Word 10
1.6Word 2000/Word 9
1.5Word 97/Word 8
1.4Word 95/Word 7
1.3Word 6

REFERENCES

For more information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

922681 Description of the changes to the Rich Text Format (RTF) specification, version 1.8 for Word

86999 Rich Text Format (RTF) specification 1.7

269575 Rich Text Format (RTF) specification version 1.7 available

96119 History of WinWord file converters categorized by release

171684 Differences between RTF and binary export converter

194487 Difference between RTF and RFT file formats

198517 Differences between RTF and RFT file formats

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/11/2006
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