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View the RTF directives in RTF files using TextEdit on Mac
In TextEdit, you can see RTF directives as plain text. An RTF directive is information in a document that formats the contents of the document.
In the TextEdit app
on your Mac, choose TextEdit > Preferences, then click Open and Save.
Select “Display RTF files as RTF code instead of formatted text.”
Open the RTF file.