FileConvert

Document converter

RTF to DOCX Converter

Turn RTF files into DOCX without installing anything. The target format on this page is already set to DOCX, so a single file or a whole folder is one press of Convert away.

  • Whole batches at once
  • Quality you control
  • Removed once it is done

RTF DOCX

or drop files here

Files travel over TLS and are deleted from the server as soon as the conversion finishes.

RTF and DOCX: what actually changes

RTF is Rich Text Format — plain text with markup, readable by every word processor ever made. DOCX is the Office Open XML word processing format — a zipped bundle of XML.

The conversion runs through pandoc and LibreOffice, which parse the RTF into a document tree and write it back out as DOCX rather than doing anything textual or approximate. The DOCX you get back keeps styles, headings, tables, tracked changes and comments, and gives up pixel-exact page breaks, which reflow with the reader's fonts. Heavily designed, multi-column pages are where every converter struggles, so give those a look afterwards.

How it goes3 steps

  1. Add your RTF files
    Drop them onto the box above or click Select File. Add as many .rtf files as you like — the whole batch converts in one go, and duplicates are ignored.
  2. Confirm DOCX as the output
    DOCX is already selected as the target format on this page. Tweak the options if you need something other than a straight DOCX file.
  3. Download your DOCX
    Hit Convert and grab the finished DOCX files individually or as a single ZIP. Everything is deleted from the server once you have them.

Format facts

What each side of this conversion is good at, so you know what you are trading away.

Source .rtf

RTF

Rich Text Format — plain text with markup, readable by every word processor ever made.

Compression
Lossless
Transparency
Not supported
Keeps
Bold, italics, fonts and basic tables
Gives up
Advanced layout, footnotes and styles

Result .docx

DOCX

The Office Open XML word processing format — a zipped bundle of XML.

Compression
Lossless
Transparency
Not supported
Keeps
Styles, headings, tables, tracked changes and comments
Gives up
Pixel-exact page breaks, which reflow with the reader's fonts

Send RTF somewhere else

Every other format a RTF file can leave as.

From .rtf 10 targets

doc odt txt tex html md adoc pdf epub fb2

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