How to convert RTF to SXW
- Add your .RTF file - drop it in the box above or click to browse.
- Convert it to .SXW in a few seconds.
- Download your new .SXW file.
What to expect
- Basic RTF formatting (bold, italic, fonts, colors, simple tables) transfers into the legacy OpenOffice XML package.
.sxwis an older, pre-ODF format; Microsoft Word does not open it, and modern workflows generally prefer.odt.- No macros exist in the source RTF, so the SXW is plain document content and styles.
Frequently asked questions
Will my RTF's layout and formatting look the same as SXW?
RTF's basic formatting - bold, italic, fonts, colors, and simple tables - converts into the SXW document structure. Because RTF holds only simple formatting, the visual result stays close to the original.
Why would I convert RTF to the older SXW format?
.sxw is the StarOffice / OpenOffice.org 1.x Writer format, the predecessor of .odt. You would convert to SXW mainly to match an older OpenOffice-era workflow or archive; for current use, .odt is the more common target.What software opens an SXW file?
LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice open
.sxw directly. Microsoft Word cannot open it, so on a Word-only setup you would re-save it as .odt or .docx first.Is anything lost going from RTF to SXW?
Little is lost, since both handle the same basic text formatting. RTF has no macros to carry over, so the SXW contains only document content and styling.
Programs that convert RTF: TextMaker · AbiWord · Apache OpenOffice Writer (OpenOffice.org Writer) · LibreOffice Writer
