Description: The "wordrtf" transform type will produce an RTF file for use by Microsoft Word.

# DITA to Word output transform

The "wordrtf" transform type will produce an RTF file for use by Microsoft® Word.

The whole structure of the output file is the same as the structure designed in the ditamap file of the DITA source files. To avoid losing files in the final output, make sure the ditamap file contains all topics which are cross referenced from within any individual topics.

## Limitations

1. You can change the styles of the output file by using tools in Microsoft Word rather than specifying the styles before transforming.
2. If there is a cross reference referring to an URL in the DITA source file, the link should be completed defined with the proper internet protocol. For example, specify `http://www.ibm.com` instead of `www.ibm.com`.
3. Flagging, revision bar and filtering are not supported in Word RTF output.
4. Style attributes for table are not supported in Word RTF output.
5. Complex cases dealing with tables in lists are not supported in Word RTF.
6. There may be no output style applied on contents of some tags in Word RTF output compared with other output.

- Transforming DITA to Word with Ant script
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Parent topic: Available DITA-OT Transforms