C#/VB.NET:Convert Word to RTF

 

      RTF is the abbreviation of Rich Text Format, which means multi-text format, and files such as images can be embedded in RTF documents. This is the document format that Word can save for compatibility with other Word processing software. This article will introduce how to convert Word to RTF format through Spire.Doc for .NET.

Install Spire.Doc for .NET

To begin with, you need to add the DLL files included in the Spire.Doc for.NET package as references in your .NET project. The DLLs files can be either downloaded from this link or installed via NuGet .

PM> Install-Package Spire.Doc

Here are the steps:

l   Create Word document 

l   Using the document.LoadFromFile （）method to load the file from disk.

l   Using document.SaveToFile() method to save the file in RTF format.

Full Code:

[C#]

using System;

using Spire.Doc;

using Spire.Doc.Documents;

 

namespace ConvertToRtf

{

    public partial class Form1 : Form

    {

        publicForm1 ()

        {

            InitializeComponent();

        }

 

        private void button1_Click( object sender, EventArgs e)

        { //Create Word document

            Document document = new Document();

            document.LoadFromFile( @"..\..\..\..\..\..\Data\ToRtf.doc" );

 

            //Save doc file.

            document.SaveToFile( "Sample.rtf" , FileFormat.Rtf);

 

            //Launching the MS Word file.

            WordDocViewer( "Sample.rtf" );

        }

 [VB.NET]

 Import's  system

 Imports  Spire.Doc

 Imports  Spire.Doc.Documents

Namespace  ConvertToRtf
    
    Public Class  Form1
        Inherits  Form
        
        Public Sub New ()
            MyBase . New
            InitializeComponent
        End Sub
        
        Private Sub  button1_Click( ByVal  sender  As Object ,  ByVal  e  As  EventArgs)
            'Create Word document
            Dim  document  As  Document  = New  Document
            document.LoadFromFile( "ToRtf.doc" )
            'Save doc file.
            document.SaveToFile( "Sample.rtf" , FileFormat.Rtf)
            'Launching the MS Word file.
            WordDocViewer( "Sample.rtf" )
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

ATTENTION:

The code path is for reference only, and you can customize the path as you want.

Effective shot:

Conclusion: 

     In this article, you have learned how to convert Word to RTF. What's more, we also have some other functions, such as, converting Word to TXT , Word to Image , Word to PDF , etc. If you'd like to learn more, please click on the link blow: https://www. e-iceblue.com/Tutorials/Spire.Doc/Spire.Doc-Program-Guide/Spire.Doc-Program-Guide-Content.html