RFT

File Format
Name	RFT
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Document Word Processor RFT
Extension(s)	.rft
PRONOM	x-fmt/285
Wikidata ID	Q51994105

RFT (Revisable-Form Text document) is a word processing file format which forms part of IBM's Document Content Architecture (DCA).

Format Information

A revisable-form-text data stream consists of a sequence of structured fields. Some of these structured fields contain text. Text is represented by EBCDIC graphic characters and embedded controls. The embedded controls include multibyte controls as well as EBCDIC 1-byte controls. The graphic characters, control codes, and structured fields are the elements of the revisable-form-text data stream.

File Information

RFT files begin with the hex values 0005E103

Software

• MS Office RFT Converter

Links

• DisplayWrite 4 Technical Reference
• Revisable-Form-Text Reference
• Revisable-Form Text Document Content Architecture

Sample files

• dexvert samples — document/revisableFormText