Text Edit - Save RTFD as RTF

Question

As per my understanding the file format RTFD > RTF > TXT file i.e. a text file can hold a subset of content and formatting compared to RTF and similarly RTF can hold a subset of content and formatting compared to RTFD.

I can save an RTF file as TXT file by going to Format -> Make Plain Text. Of course I would lose some formatting because txt file can only have a subset of RTF file formatting

Similarly, I want to save an RTFD as an RTF file even though I will loose some formatting that an RTFD can support but RTF cannot. But I am not able to find an option in TextEdit to save an Untitled file as .RTF file. I think the content present in the untitled file has some RTFD related formatting. So when I try to do File -> Hold option key -> Save as then I cannot find an option to save the untitled file as RTF. How Do I save the file as .RTF file using TextEdit even though I am fine with loosing the extra formatting?

Answer 1

The RTFD format is actually a package format that allows it to have related files attached, like images. If your document has any files attached, you will not be able to save it as a straight RTF.

Try right clicking on your RTFD file and select "Show Package Contents" and you will see the contents: the "core" RTF file is usually named TXT.RTF and the other files also present.

You can actually grab the RTF straight out of the Package without even going through saving it manually via TextEdit.app.