RTF – Rich Text Format

I've often been asked by clients what I mean when I say that I expect all texts to be supplied in RTF format.

I'm not a typist, and my quotes don't include the time it would take for retyping printed text. I could employ a typist, of course, but so long as texts created on your computer are saved as RTF (Rich Text Format) files, they can be opened in any other text-editing program (on Macs as well as on PCs) and then copied and pasted easily into any other text-editing program or (X)HTML editor.

The RTF format should be your format of choice if you expect other people to be able to open and read your text files. This means not simply "Saving" your text files, but using the "Save As" option and choosing the RTF format as the format in which to save your text files.

The RTF format, due to its cross-platform compatibility, should be your file format of choice for text files regardless of the type of computer, operating system, or text editor you are using.