After the information group (if there are any), there may be some document formatting control words (described as <docfmt> in the document area syntax description). These control words specify the attributes of the document, such as margins and footnote placement. These attributes must precede the first plain-text character in the document.
The control words that specify document formatting are listed in the following table (measurements are in twips; a twip is one-twentieth of a point). For omitted control words, RTF uses the default values.
| Control word | Meaning | ||
| \deftabN | Default tab width in twips (the default is 720). | ||
| \hyphhotzN | Hyphenation hot zone in twips (the amount of space at the right margin in which words are hyphenated). | ||
| \hyphconsecN | N is the maximum number of consecutive lines that will be allowed to end in a hyphen. 0 means no limit. | ||
| \hyphcaps | Toggles hyphenation of capitalized words (the default is on). Append 1 or leave control word by itself to toggle property on; append 0 to turn it off. | ||
| \hyphauto | Toggles automatic hyphenation (the default is off). Append 1 or leave control word by itself to toggle property on; append 0 to turn it off. | ||
| \linestartN | Beginning line number (the default is 1). | ||
| \fracwidth | Uses fractional character widths when printing (QuickDraw only). | ||
| \*\nextfile | Destination. The argument is the name of the file to print or index next; it must be enclosed in braces. This is a destination control word. | ||
| \*\template | Destination. The argument is the name of a related template file; it must be enclosed in braces. This is a destination control word. | ||
| \makebackup | Backup copy is made automatically when the document is saved. | ||
| \defformat | Tells the RTF reader that the document should be saved in RTF format. | ||
| \psover | Prints PostScript over the text. | ||
| \doctemp | Document is a boilerplate document. For Word for Windows, this is a template; for Word for the Macintosh, this is a stationery file. | ||
| \deflangN | Defines the default language used in the document used with a \plain control word. See the section "Character Formatting Properties" on page 34 of this Application Note for a list of possible values for N. | ||
| \deflangfe | Default language ID for Asian versions of Word. | ||
| \windowcaption | Sets the caption text for the document window. This is a string value. | ||
| \doctypeN | An integer (0-2) that describes the document type for AutoFormat. 0General Document (for formatting most documents, the default) 1Letter (for formatting letters, and used by Letter Wizard) 2E-mail (for formatting e-mail, and used by WordMail) |
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| \fromtext | Indicates document was originally plain text. | ||
| Document views and zoom level | |||
| \viewkindN | An integer (0-5) that represents the view mode of the document. 0None 1Page Layout view 2Outline view 3Master Document view 4Normal view 5Online Layout view |
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| \viewscaleN | Zoom level of the document; the N argument is a value representing a percentage (the default is 100). | ||
| \viewzkN | An integer (0 to 2) that represents the zoom kind of the document. 0None 1Full page 2Best fit |
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| \private | Obsolete destination. It has no leading \*. It should be skipped. | ||
| Footnotes and Endnotes | |||
| \fetN | Footnote/endnote type. This indicates what type of notes are present in the document. 0Footnotes only or nothing at all (the default). 1Endnotes only. 2Footnotes and endnotes both. For backward compatibility, if \fet1 is emitted, \endnotes or \enddoc will be emitted along with \aendnotes or \aenddoc. RTF readers that understand \fet will need to ignore the footnote-positioning control words, and use the endnote control words instead. |
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| \ftnsep | Text argument separates footnotes from the document. This is a destination control word. | ||
| \ftnsepc | Text argument separates continued footnotes from the document. This is a destination control word. | ||
| \ftncn | Text argument is a notice for continued footnotes. This is a destination control word. | ||
| \aftnsep | Text argument separates endnotes from the document. This is a destination control word. | ||
| \aftnsepc | Text argument separates continued endnotes from the document. This is a destination control word. | ||
| \aftncn | Text argument is a notice for continued endnotes. This is a destination control word. | ||
| \endnotes | Footnotes at the end of the section (the default). | ||
| \enddoc | Footnotes at the end of the document. | ||
| \ftntj | Footnotes beneath text (top justified). | ||
| \ftnbj | Footnotes at the bottom of the page (bottom justified). | ||
| \aendnotes | Endnotes at end of section (the default). | ||
| \aenddoc | Endnotes at end of document. | ||
| \aftnbj | Endnotes at bottom of page (bottom justified). | ||
| \aftntj | Endnotes beneath text (top justified). | ||
| \ftnstartN | Beginning footnote number (the default is 1). | ||
| \aftnstartN | Beginning endnote number (the default is 1). | ||
| \ftnrstpg | Restart footnote numbering each page. | ||
| \ftnrestart | Footnote numbers restart at each section. Microsoft Word for the Macintosh uses this control to restart footnote numbering at each page. | ||
| \ftnrstcont | Continuous footnote numbering (the default). | ||
| \aftnrestart | Restart endnote numbering each section. | ||
| \aftnrstcont | Continuous endnote numbering (the default). | ||
| \ftnnar | Footnote numbering—Arabic numbering (1, 2, 3, ...) | ||
| \ftnnalc | Footnote numbering—Alphabetic lowercase (a, b, c, ...) | ||
| \ftnnauc | Footnote numbering—Alphabetic uppercase (A, B, C, ...) | ||
| \ftnnrlc | Footnote numbering—Roman lowercase (i, ii, iii, ...) | ||
| \ftnnruc | Footnote numbering—Roman uppercase (I, II, III, ...) | ||
| \ftnnchi | Footnote numbering—Chicago Manual of Style (*, †, ‡, §) | ||
| \aftnnar | Endnote numbering—Arabic numbering (1, 2, 3, ...) | ||
| \aftnnalc | Endnote numbering—Alphabetic lowercase (a, b, c, ...) | ||
| \aftnnauc | Endnote numbering—Alphabetic uppercase (A, B, C, ...) | ||
| \aftnnrlc | Endnote numbering—Roman lowercase (i, ii, iii, ...) | ||
| \aftnnruc | Endnote numbering—Roman uppercase (I, II, III, ...) | ||
| \aftnnchi | Endnote numbering—Chicago Manual of Style (*, †, ‡, §) | ||
| Page Information | |||
| \paperwN | Paper width in twips (the default is 12,240). | ||
| \paperhN | Paper height in twips (the default is 15,840). | ||
| \pszN | Used to differentiate between paper sizes with identical dimensions under Windows NT. Values 1–41 correspond to paper sizes defined in DRIVINI.H in the Windows 3.1 SDK (DMPAPER_ values). Values greater than or equal to 42 correspond to user-defined forms under Windows NT. | ||
| \marglN | Left margin in twips (the default is 1800). | ||
| \margrN | Right margin in twips (the default is 1800). | ||
| \margtN | Top margin in twips (the default is 1440). | ||
| \margbN | Bottom margin in twips (the default is 1440). | ||
| \facingp | Facing pages (activates odd/even headers and gutters). | ||
| \gutterN | Gutter width in twips (the default is 0). | ||
| \margmirror | Switches margin definitions on left and right pages. Used in conjunction with \facingp. | ||
| \landscape | Landscape format. | ||
| \pgnstartN | Beginning page number (the default is 1). | ||
| \widowctrl | Enable widow and orphan control. | ||
| Linked Styles | |||
| \linkstyles | Update document styles automatically based on template. | ||
| Compatibility Options | |||
| \notabind | Don't add automatic tab stop for hanging indent. | ||
| \wraptrsp | Wrap trailing spaces onto the next line. | ||
| \prcolbl | Print all colors as black. | ||
| \noextrasprl | Don't add extra space to line height for showing raised/lowered characters. | ||
| \nocolbal | Don't balance columns. | ||
| \cvmme | Treat old-style escaped quotation marks (\") as current style ("") in mail merge data documents. | ||
| \sprstsp | Suppress extra line spacing at top of page. Basically, this means to ignore any line spacing larger than Auto at the top of a page. | ||
| \sprsspbf | Suppress space before paragraph property after hard page or column break. | ||
| \otblrul | Combine table borders as done in Word 5.x for the Macintosh. Contradictory table border information is resolved in favor of the first cell. | ||
| \transmf | Metafiles are considered transparent; don't blank the area behind metafiles. | ||
| \ swpbdr | If a paragraph has a left border (not a box) and the Different Odd And Even or Mirror Margins check box is selected, Word will print the border on the right for odd-numbered pages. | ||
| \brkfrm | Show hard (manual) page breaks and column breaks in frames. | ||
| \sprslnsp | Suppress extra line spacing like WordPerfect version 5.x. | ||
| \subfontby size |
Substitute fonts based on size first. | ||
| \truncatefont height |
Round down to the nearest font size instead of rounding up. | ||
| \truncex | Don't add leading (extra space) between rows of text | ||
| \bdbfhdr | Print body before header/footer. Option for compatibility with Word for the Macintosh 5.x. | ||
| \dntblnsbdb | Don't balance SBCS/DBCS characters. Option for compatibility with Word 6.0 (Japanese). | ||
| \expshrtn | Expand character spaces on line-ending with shift+return. Option for compatibility with Word 6.0 (Japanese). | ||
| \lytexcttp | Don’t center exact line height lines. | ||
| \lytprtmet | Use printer metrics to lay out document. | ||
| \msmcap | Small caps like Word for the Macintosh 5.x. | ||
| \nolead | No external leading. Option for compatibility with Word for the Macintosh 5.x | ||
| \nospaceforul | Don't add space for underline. Option for compatibility with Word 6.0 (Japanese). | ||
| \noultrlspc | Don't underline trailing spaces. Option for compatibility with Word 6.0 (Japanese). | ||
| \noxlattoyen | Don't translate backslash to Yen sign. Option for compatibility with Word 6.0 (Japanese). | ||
| \oldlinewrap | Lines wrap like Word 6.0. | ||
| \sprsbsp | Suppress extra line spacing at bottom of page. | ||
| \sprstsm | Does nothing. This keyword should be ignored. | ||
| \wpjst | Do full justification like WordPerfect 6.x for Windows. | ||
| \wpsp | Set the width of a space like WordPerfect 5.x. | ||
| \wptab | Advance to next tab stop like WordPerfect 6.x. | ||
| Forms | |||
| \formprot | This document is protected for forms. | ||
| \allprot | This document has no unprotected areas. | ||
| \formshade | This document has form field shading on. | ||
| \formdisp | This document currently has a forms drop-down box or check box selected. | ||
| \printdata | This document has print form data only on. | ||
| Revision Marks | |||
| \revprot | This document is protected for revisions. The user can edit the document, but revision marking cannot be disabled. | ||
| \revisions | Turns on revision marking. | ||
| \revpropN | Argument indicates how revised text will be displayed: 0 for no properties shown; 1 for bold; 2 for italic; 3 for underline (the default); 4 for double underline. | ||
| \revbarN | Vertical lines mark altered text, based on the argument: 0 for no marking; 1 for left margin; 2 for right margin; 3 for outside (the default: left on left pages, right on right pages). | ||
| Comments (Annotations) | |||
| \annotprot | This document is protected for comments (annotations). The user cannot edit the document but can insert comments (annotations). | ||
| Bidirectional Controls | |||
| \rtldoc | This document will be formatted to have Arabic-style pagination. | ||
| \ltrdoc | This document will have English-style pagination (the default). | ||
Note that the three document-protection control words (\formprot, \revprot, and \annotprot) are mutually exclusive; only one of the three can apply to any given document. Also, there is currently no method for storing passwords in RTF, so any document that associates a password with a protection level will lose the password protection in RTF.
For more information about bidirectional controls, see “Bidirectional Language Support” in this Application Note.
| Page Borders | |
| \pgbrdrhead | Page border surrounds header. |
| \pgbrdrfoot | Page border surrounds footer. |
| \pgbrdrt | Page border top. |
| \pgbrdrb | Page border bottom. |
| \pgbrdrl | Page border left. |
| \pgbrdrr | Page border right. |
| \brdrartN | Page border art; the N argument is a value from 1-165 representing the number of the border. |
| \pgbrdroptN | 8Page border measure from text. Always display in front option is set to off. 32Page border measure from edge of page. Always display in front option is set to on. 40Page border measure from edge of page. Always display in front option is set to off. |
| \pgbrdrsnap | Align paragraph borders and table edges with page border. |
The color, width, border style, and border spacing keywords for page borders are the same as the keywords defined for paragraph borders.