Convert RTF to PDF
Convert RTF (Rich Text Format) files to PDF format. Upload an RTF file to create a PDF.
Combine multiple PDFs into one
Split a PDF into separate files
Reorder pages by dragging
Pull specific pages out
Pull all images out
Remove pages from PDF
Rotate pages in any direction
Stack one PDF onto another
Reduce PDF file size
Clean up unused data
Make scanned text searchable
Spot the differences between two PDFs
Add text, signatures, shapes
Add your signature anywhere
Add text or image watermark
Number pages as 1, i or A
Add sticky-note comments
Ready-to-use forms to fill online
Add a password
Unlock a PDF with its password
Black out sensitive info
Editable .docx export
Tables as .xlsx
Each page as a JPG
Each page as a PNG
Each page as a WebP
Turn JPG images into a PDF
Turn PNG images into a PDF
Combine JPG, PNG, GIF or WebP into one PDF
Convert .docx to PDF
Convert .xlsx to PDF
Convert .pptx to PDF
Turn an HTML file into a PDF
Capture a webpage
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RTF to PDF with fonts, styles and tables
Rich Text Format stores formatting next to the words, and the PDF keeps it.
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Fonts, sizes and colours
Each run of text keeps the typeface, size and colour set in the file.
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Bold, italic and underline
Character styles appear on exactly the words they were applied to.
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Alignment and spacing
Centred headings, justified paragraphs, indents and line spacing carry over.
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Tables
Rows, columns and cell borders keep their structure on the page.
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Embedded pictures
Images stored inside the RTF are placed on the page with the text around them.
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Page size and margins
The paper size and margins saved in the document set the size of every PDF page.
What happens to an RTF file during conversion
Here is how to convert RTF to PDF: when you click Convert to PDF, the file is uploaded and opened by a word processor on our server, the same kind of program that opens RTF files on your computer. It lays the text out page by page and exports the pages as a PDF, which comes back to your browser with a preview, the original and converted file sizes, and an Open in Editor button that takes it to Edit PDF.
Only files whose names end in .rtf are accepted. The same content renamed to .doc or .txt, or a file with no extension at all, is turned away with an error.
Each conversion is allowed up to six minutes. A single PDF is named after the file, with spaces and special characters turned into underscores and our site name added, while inside a batch ZIP each PDF keeps the file's own name.
How to convert rich text format to PDF
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Add RTF files
Drop one file or several onto the dropzone, or click to browse.
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Click Convert to PDF
Each file is laid out on our server, one after another, and the button counts through them as they finish.
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Save your PDFs
A single file downloads as a PDF. A batch comes as one ZIP, with a download button for each file as well.
Where RTF files come from
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TextEdit on a Mac
TextEdit saves rich text documents as RTF, unless they hold pictures or you pick another format.
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WordPad on Windows
For years, WordPad used RTF as its standard format for documents.
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Exports from other programs
Business and database programs often export letters and reports as RTF.
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Older templates
Letters and forms were often kept as RTF so that any word processor, on any system, could open them.
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Files saved from Word as RTF
Word can save any document as Rich Text Format, and people still do when they are not sure which program the reader has.
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Documents made by scripts
RTF is plain text underneath, so reports and letters written out by scripts and older systems often use it.
No formatting in your file?
A file with plain text only converts with TXT to PDF, which sets the page up for you.
RTF to PDF questions
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The pages are laid out again on our server. When a font named in the file isn't available there, a similar one takes its place, and lines can break a little differently.
Not directly: RTFD is a folder that keeps pictures apart from the text. In TextEdit, save a copy in Word format and convert that with Word to PDF.
Yes. The words are stored as text rather than as an image, so they can be searched, selected and copied.
The PDF uses the paper size stored in the RTF file, which is often US Letter when the file was made in the US. Set the size you need in your word processor's page setup, save, and convert again.
The rest are still converted. The result lists every file, with the reason next to any that failed, and the ZIP holds the ones that worked.
Only the RTF file itself is uploaded, so a picture that is linked from another folder instead of stored in the document has nothing to load. Insert the picture into the document, save, and convert again.
Use PDF to Word, which gives you a DOCX file. Any word processor can open that and save it as RTF again if you need the original format.
No, this page accepts RTF files only. Word documents have their own converter, Word to PDF.