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Convert PDF to RTF (rich text)


Nitro PDF Professional's export functionality lets you convert PDF files into the rich text format (RTF) so you can re-purpose your content in Microsoft Office, WordPerfect, Open Office or another word processing application. The functionality lets you export a range of pages, whole files, or whole collections of files in the one task.

Note: It's technically impossible to convert a PDF to a rich text file so that the layout and formatting is exactly the same. Nitro PDF Professional does its best to provide you with a reusable rich text file that retains the look and feel of the original PDF document.

Export settings

There are several settings that give you control over the output Nitro PDF Professional produces.

  • Images. Lets you export bitmap-based images, set the dots per inch (dpi) of the extracted images, and specify whether to extract them as JPEG or PNG images.
  • Lines & shapes. Lets you export vector- or path-based graphics. These are often used in logos, charts, table, and drawing shapes.
  • Metadata. Lets you export the document title, author, subject and keyword property fields to the same fields in the RTF file.
  • Page range. Lets you choose between exporting a specific range of pages or all pages.

To export PDF to RTF:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • On the Home tab, in the Export group, click PDF to Rich Text Nitro PDF icon.
    • Click the Nitro PDF Button Nitro PDF icon, click the Export slideout, and then click PDF to Rich Text Nitro PDF icon.
  2. Choose your output settings and then click Convert.
  3. Optionally, click the Choose Pages button to limit the conversion to a specific range of pages.

To export a batch of PDF files to RTF:

  1. On the Home tab, in the Export group, click the arrow beneath Rich Text Nitro PDF icon and then click Convert Multiple Documents .
  2. Choose your output settings, and then click Convert.

To set the PDF to rich text conversion preferences:

  1. Click the Nitro PDF Button Nitro PDF icon, and then click Nitro PDF Preferences.
  2. In the Convert PDF to preferences, click Word & Rich Text.
  3. Choose your settings and then click OK.

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