The Rich Text Format was defined by Microsoft, for data exchange between their applications. It is completely Ascii-based, and thus platform independend. The Windows Clipboard uses the Rich Text Format, too.
Quick Info:
Name: Rich Text Format
Type: Formatted Text
Extension: RTF
Viewer Application:
Specification: ftp://x2ftp.oulu.fi/pub/msdos/programming/formats/rtfspec.zip
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Alexander Krauss