Rich Text Format (RTF) is a proprietary text file format which can serve as an exchange format between word processing programs from different manufacturers on different operating systems. Rich text documents include page formatting options, such as custom page margins, line spacing, and tab widths. With rich text, it's easy to create columns, add tables, and format your documents in a way that makes them easier to read. This article will demonstrate how to convert Word Doc/Docx to RTF files and convert RTF to Word Doc/Docx with the help of Spire.Doc for .NET.
Install Spire.Doc for .NET
To begin with, you need to add the DLL files included in the Spire.Doc for.NET package as references in your .NET project. The DLLs files can be either downloaded from this link or installed via NuGet.
PM> Install-Package Spire.Doc
Convert Word Doc/Docx to RTF
The following steps show you how to convert Word to RTF using Spire.Doc for .NET.
- Create a Document instance.
- Load a Word sample document using Document.LoadFromFile() method.
- Save the document as an RTF file using Document.SaveToFile() method.
- C#
- VB.NET
using Spire.Doc;
namespace ConvertToRtf
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Create a Word document instance
Document document = new Document();
//Load a Word sample document
document.LoadFromFile("sample.docx");
// Save the document to RTF
document.SaveToFile("Result.rtf", FileFormat.Rtf);
}
}
}
Convert RTF to Word Doc/Docx
The steps to convert an RTF document to Word Doc/Docx is very similar with that of the above example:
- Create a Document instance.
- Load an RTF document using Document.LoadFromFile() method.
- Save the RTF document to Doc/Docx format using Document.SaveToFile() method.
- C#
- VB.NET
using Spire.Doc;
using System;
public class RtfToDocDocx
{
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
// Create a Document instance
Document document = new Document();
// Load an RTF document
document.LoadFromFile("input.rtf", FileFormat.Rtf);
// Save the document to Doc
document.SaveToFile("toDoc.doc", FileFormat.Doc);
// Save the document to Docx
document.SaveToFile("toDocx.docx", FileFormat.Docx2013);
}
}
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