Why does the PDF look plainer than my RTF?

The converter keeps the text with its bold, italic, underline, size and alignment, and sets it in one font. Fonts, colours, tabs and table borders are dropped; the cells of a table row follow each other on one line.

Can I choose the page size or font?

No. The tool has no settings: it uses the paper size and margins stored in the RTF, or A4 with one-inch margins when the file names none. If you need a different layout, open the RTF in a word processor and export it to PDF from there.

Are embedded images kept?

No. Pictures stored inside the RTF are left out, as are headers, footers and footnotes. If a picture matters, export the document from the application that created it.

What happens to very long lines?

Each paragraph of the RTF starts on a new line in the PDF and wraps at the right margin, breaking between words, so no text runs off the page.

RTF to PDF | Cine Power Planner

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About RTF to PDF

RTF to PDF reads a Rich Text Format file and sets its text as a PDF on the paper size and margins the file names. Bold, italic, underline, strike-through, type size, paragraph alignment and page breaks are kept; the file's fonts, colours and embedded pictures are not.

The RTF file is read and set in a web worker on your device, not uploaded. The tool makes no other network request, with one exception: a document with Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Arabic or Hebrew text makes it fetch a font file from the app's own server, once per script; the document itself is not sent. The converter and its main font are part of the app. The text is set in the app's built-in font, which covers Latin, Greek and Cyrillic script. For Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Arabic and Hebrew text the converter loads a further font the first time a document needs it; characters of other scripts come out blank.

How to use RTF to PDF

Choose one .rtf file in the upload area. The tool takes a single file per run.
Click Convert to PDF. The converter starts first, which takes a moment.
When the success message appears, save the result with Download; it keeps the source name with a .pdf extension.
Use Start Over to convert the next document.

On a production

Screenplay software and older word processors still export notes, scene lists and memos as RTF, and not every phone on a crew opens the format. As a PDF, the same text reads identically on any device — plainly set, but searchable.

Frequently asked questions

Why does the PDF look plainer than my RTF?: The converter keeps the text with its bold, italic, underline, size and alignment, and sets it in one font. Fonts, colours, tabs and table borders are dropped; the cells of a table row follow each other on one line.
Can I choose the page size or font?: No. The tool has no settings: it uses the paper size and margins stored in the RTF, or A4 with one-inch margins when the file names none. If you need a different layout, open the RTF in a word processor and export it to PDF from there.
Are embedded images kept?: No. Pictures stored inside the RTF are left out, as are headers, footers and footnotes. If a picture matters, export the document from the application that created it.
What happens to very long lines?: Each paragraph of the RTF starts on a new line in the PDF and wraps at the right margin, breaking between words, so no text runs off the page.