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RTF to Word Converter

Turn a Rich Text file from WordPad, TextEdit or an old program into a Word DOCX with its tables, pictures and fonts.

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Accepts RTF

Encrypted upload. Files are deleted automatically after 1 hour.

About RTF to Word

RTF to Word conversion is useful when a letter written in WordPad or TextEdit, an export from older accounting or medical software, or an archived document arrives as .rtf and you'd rather work with a normal DOCX. Upload one RTF or several at once and download Word documents with the same names. Archived .doc files can be brought up to date the same way with DOC to DOCX.

The formatting comes across, not just the text: fonts, Chinese font names included, and sizes, colours and highlighting, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, superscript, subscript and small caps, alignment, indents and first-line indents, spacing before and after paragraphs, line and page breaks and tabs. Tables are rebuilt as Word tables with the RTF's column widths, PNG and JPEG pictures keep their size, paragraphs styled as headings become Word headings, and the document's title and author go into its properties. Text saved in a Windows code page reads correctly, whether it's Chinese in GBK or Big5, Japanese, Korean, Cyrillic, Greek, Turkish, Hebrew, Arabic, Baltic or Central European. Old Windows drawings in WMF or EMF format are left out, and the result says how many. Headers, footers and footnotes aren't carried over, so check documents that rely on them.

How to use RTF to Word

  1. 1
    Upload the RTF

    Click Choose file or drop one or more .rtf files on the page.

  2. 2
    Click RTF to Word

    Each file is read with its formatting and rebuilt as DOCX in an isolated process.

  3. 3
    Download the DOCX

    Save the Word document, and letter.rtf comes back as letter.docx. Several files also come together as one ZIP.

Why use Cubfile for this

  • Formatting kept

    Fonts and sizes, colours, highlighting, underline, alignment, indents and spacing carry over into the DOCX.

  • Tables and pictures

    Tables come back as Word tables with their column widths, and PNG and JPEG pictures at their size.

  • No more garbled text

    RTFs saved in a Windows code page, from GBK and Big5 to Cyrillic and Greek, come out as real characters.

  • Several files at once

    Convert a batch of RTFs in one go. Each keeps its name, and all of them come in one ZIP too.

FAQ

RTF to Word: questions and answers

What is an RTF (Rich Text Format) file?
Rich Text Format is an old, widely supported document format used by WordPad, TextEdit and many programs for exports. It holds text with its formatting, tables and pictures. Plain .txt files without any formatting go through TXT to Word instead.
Does RTF to Word keep pictures and tables?
Yes. Tables are rebuilt as Word tables with the RTF's column widths, and PNG and JPEG pictures keep their size. Old Windows drawings in WMF or EMF format are left out and counted in the result, so add those again if you need them. Headers, footers and footnotes aren't carried over.
My RTF opens with garbled Chinese or Russian text. Will converting help?
Usually, yes. Older programs save such text in a Windows code page, and the converter reads the code page each font names, including GBK and Big5 for Chinese, Shift-JIS for Japanese, Cyrillic, Greek, Turkish, Hebrew and Arabic, so the DOCX holds the real characters.
Is RTF to Word free, and how many files can I convert at once?
Yes, with 2 tasks in total without an account and 2 a day with a free account, for files up to 50 MB and 20 files per task. VIP removes the daily limit and accepts files up to 1 GB and 50 per task.
Is my RTF file safe when I convert it to Word?
Yes. It's uploaded over HTTPS, converted in an isolated process and deleted one hour later with the DOCX.
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