Table of Contents Introduction 2 Header 2 Unicode RTF 2 Document Text 4 Destination Text 4 Font Table 4 Style Sheet 4 List Table 5 Top-level List Properties 5 List Levels 5 Bullets and Numbering (Lists) 8 Document Area 8 Document Formatting Properties 8 Section Text 10 Section Formatting Properties 10 Paragraph Text 11 Paragraph Formatting Properties 11 Paragraph Borders 11 Positioned Objects and Frames 11 Table Definitions 12 Character Text 12 Character Formatting Properties 12 Character Borders and Shading 14 Information Group 15 Pictures 15 Objects 16 Drawing Objects (Shapes) 16 Basic Format 16 Drawing Object Properties 18 Fields 34 Form Fields 35 Word 97 (Asian Versions) Specific Properties 36 Appendix A: Table of RTF Control Words and Types 38 Introduction This document contains the information necessary to update the RTF Specification to Word 97 (all platforms). It is meant to be used in conjunction with the full RTF Specification (version 1.4 or later) and assumes that you have read that document. Use this document if you are familiar with the full specification and want to learn what changes are necessary to update your RTF reader or writer to be compatible with Word 97. An updated version of the complete specification (GC0165.exe), version 1.5, is now available from Microsoft Technical Support. You can obtain this document from the Microsoft Software Library which is available on the World Wide Web at the following address: http://www.microsoft.com/kb/softlib/ Header The header has the following syntax:
\ rtf \ deff? ? ?