How to Convert Rich Text Format to PDF

by Chaknith Bin

RTF stands for Rich Text Format, a document file format developed by Microsoft. It supports text formatting such as fonts, styles, and images, but is less feature-rich than other document formats like DOCX or PDF.

IronPDF can be utilized to convert RTF from both strings and files to PDF. Converting RTF to PDF offers several benefits, such as being easily accessible, compressible, and optimized for printing. This ensures that your documents look consistent across all platforms, are secure, and are ready for printing.

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Install-Package IronPdf

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or

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Manually install into your project

Convert RTF String to PDF Example

Use the RenderRtfStringAsPdf method to transform an RTF string into a PDF document. The full range of RenderingOptions, such as applying text and HTML headers and footers, text and image stamping, page numbering, custom page sizes and orientations, is also applicable to this rendering method. After the PDF document has been generated, you can perform PDF page manipulations like merging, splitting, and rotating pages, as well as applying annotations and bookmarks.

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using IronPdf;

// Instantiate Renderer
ChromePdfRenderer renderer = new ChromePdfRenderer();

// RTF string
string rtf = @"{\rtf1\ansi\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0 Arial;}}{\colortbl;\red0\green0\blue0;}\cf0This is some \b bold \b0 and \i italic \i0 text.}";

// Render from RTF string
PdfDocument pdf = renderer.RenderRtfStringAsPdf(rtf);

// Save the PDF
pdf.SaveAs("pdfFromRtfString.pdf");

Imports IronPdf

' Instantiate Renderer
Private renderer As New ChromePdfRenderer()

' RTF string
Private rtf As String = "{\rtf1\ansi\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0 Arial;}}{\colortbl;\red0\green0\blue0;}\cf0This is some \b bold \b0 and \i italic \i0 text.}"

' Render from RTF string
Private pdf As PdfDocument = renderer.RenderRtfStringAsPdf(rtf)

' Save the PDF
pdf.SaveAs("pdfFromRtfString.pdf")

Convert RTF File to PDF Example

To transform an RTF file into a PDF, use the RenderRtfFileAsPdf method. You can download a sample RTF file from the provided link. This example will demonstrate how to convert that sample file into a PDF document.

RTF File Preview in Microsoft Word

Code Sample

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using IronPdf;

// Instantiate Renderer
ChromePdfRenderer renderer = new ChromePdfRenderer();

// Render from RTF file
PdfDocument pdf = renderer.RenderRtfFileAsPdf("sample.rtf");

// Save the PDF
pdf.SaveAs("pdfFromRtfFile.pdf");

Imports IronPdf

' Instantiate Renderer
Private renderer As New ChromePdfRenderer()

' Render from RTF file
Private pdf As PdfDocument = renderer.RenderRtfFileAsPdf("sample.rtf")

' Save the PDF
pdf.SaveAs("pdfFromRtfFile.pdf")

Output PDF