PDF to RTF
Convert PDF to Rich Text Format for word processors.
Drag & drop files here, or click to select
How to Convert a PDF to RTF Format
Upload your PDF using the file picker or drop it into the designated upload zone.
Toggle the formatting option to control if bold text and font size variations are preserved.
Click Convert to extract the text and structure it into an RTF document.
Preview the raw RTF output on the page, then download the file to open in Word, LibreOffice, or TextEdit.
Why Convert PDF to RTF with SonuPDF?
Universal Word Processor Support
RTF is one of the most widely supported document formats. Files open in Microsoft Word, LibreOffice Writer, Apple Pages, Google Docs, and most legacy editors.
Optional Formatting Retention
Toggle formatting detection on to carry over bold text and relative font size differences from the original PDF into the RTF output.
Inline Preview
See a preview of the raw RTF markup directly on the page before you download, so you can confirm the extraction completed correctly.
Private In-Browser Processing
All RTF generation happens inside your browser. No content is uploaded to a server, making this safe for confidential documents.
Frequently Asked Questions – PDF to RTF
Rich Text Format is a document format created by Microsoft that preserves basic formatting like bold, font size, and paragraph breaks. It is widely used to exchange documents between different word processors.
The converter extracts text line by line. Table borders are not reproduced, but the text content within table cells is extracted and placed in paragraph order.
Yes. Upload the .rtf file to Google Drive and open it with Google Docs. Some minor formatting differences may appear, but the text content will be intact.
Yes. Non-ASCII characters such as accented letters, Cyrillic, Arabic, or CJK characters are encoded using RTF unicode escape sequences for compatibility.