# Reading and Writing RTF Files

## Content

**Word** component allows reading and writing word document with RTF Documents with Rich Text format (\*.rtf) extension. You can use [Load](/componentone/api/win/online-wordlibrary/dotnet-framework-api/C1.C1Word.4.8/C1.C1Word.C1WordDocument.Load.html) method to read a document and [Save](/componentone/api/win/online-wordlibrary/dotnet-framework-api/C1.C1Word.4.8/C1.C1Word.C1WordDocument.Save.html) method to write a document as illustrated in the following code:

```vbnet
' load Word/RTF document
Dim C1Word As New C1WordDocument()
C1Word.Load(dlg.FileName)
' save RTF document
C1Word.Save("sample.rtf")
```

```csharp
// load Word/RTF document
C1WordDocument C1Word = new C1WordDocument();
C1Word.Load(dlg.FileName);
// save RTF document
C1Word.Save("sample.rtf");
```