The \info control word introduces the information group, which contains information about the document. This can include the title, author, keywords, comments, and other information specific to the file. This information is for use by a document-management utility, if available.
This group has the following syntax.
| <info> | '{' <title>? & <subject>? & <author>? & <manager>? & <company>? <operator>? & <category>? & <keywords>? & <comment>? & \version? & <doccomm>? & \vern? & <creatim>? & <revtim>? & <printim>? & <buptim>? & \edmins? & \nofpages? & \nofwords? \nofchars? & \id? '}' |
| <title> | '{' \title #PCDATA '}' |
| <subject> | '{' \subject #PCDATA '}' |
| <author> | '{' \author #PCDATA '}' |
| <manager> | {' \manager #PCDATA '}' |
| <company> | {' \company #PCDATA '}' |
| <operator> | '{' \operator #PCDATA '}' |
| <category> | {' \category #PCDATA '}' |
| <keywords> | '{' \keywords #PCDATA '}' |
| <comment> | '{' \comment #PCDATA '}' |
| <doccomm> | '{' \doccomm #PCDATA '}' |
| <hlinkbase> | '{' \hlinkbase #PCDATA '}' |
| <creatim> | '{' \creatim <time> '}' |
| <revtim> | '{' \revtim <time> '}' |
| <printim> | '{' \printim <time> '}' |
| <buptim> | '{' \buptim <time> '}' |
| <time> | \yr? \mo? \dy? \hr? \min? \sec? |
Some applications, such as Word, ask the user to type this information when saving the document in its native format. If the document is then saved as an RTF file or translated into RTF, the RTF writer specifies this information using the following control words. These control words are destinations and both the control words and the text should be enclosed in braces ({ }).
| Control word | Meaning | |
| \title | Title of the document. This is a destination control word. | |
| \subject | Subject of the document. This is a destination control word. | |
| \author | Author of the document. This is a destination control word. | |
| \manager | Manager of the author. This is a destination control word. | |
| \company | Company of the author. This is a destination control word | |
| \operator | Person who last made changes to the document. This is a destination control word. | |
| \category | Category of the document. This is a destination control word. | |
| \keywords | Selected keywords for the document. This is a destination control word. | |
| \comment | Comments; text is ignored. This is a destination control word. | |
| \versionN | Version number of the document. | |
| \doccomm | Comments displayed in the Summary Info or Properties dialog box in Word. This is a destination control word. | |
| \hlinkbase | The base address that is used for the path of all relative hyperlinks inserted in the document. This can be a path or an Internet address (URL). | |
The \userprops control word introduces the user-defined document properties. Unique \propname control words define each user-defined property in the document. The group has the following syntax.
| \userprops | ‘{\*’ \userprops (‘{’ <propinfo> ‘}’*) ‘}’ |
| <propinfo> | <propname><proptype><staticval><linkval>? |
| <propname> | ‘{’ \propname #PCDATA ‘}’ |
| <proptype> | \proptype |
| <staticval> | \staticval |
| <linkval> | \linkval |
| Control Word | Meaning |
| \propname | The name of the user-defined property. |
| \staticval | The value of the property. |
| \linkval | The name of a bookmark that contains the text to display as the value of the property. |
| \proptype | \proptypeN Specifies the type of the property. |
For \proptype, the N argument can have the following values.
| Value | Description |
| 3 | Integer |
| 5 | Real number |
| 7 | Date |
| 11 | Boolean |
| 30 | Text |
The RTF writer may automatically enter other control words, including the following.
| Control word | Meaning |
| \vernN | Internal version number |
| \creatim | Creation time |
| \revtim | Revision time |
| \printim | Last print time |
| \buptim | Backup time |
| \edminsN | Total editing time (in minutes) |
| \yrN | Year |
| \moN | Month |
| \dyN | Day |
| \hrN | Hour |
| \minN | Minute |
| \secN | Seconds |
| \nofpagesN | Number of pages |
| \nofwordsN | Number of words |
| \nofcharsN | Number of characters including spaces |
| \nofcharsws | Number of characters not including spaces |
| \idN | Internal ID number |
Any control word described in the previous table that does not have a numeric parameter specifies a date; all dates are specified with the \yr \mo \dy \hr \min \sec controls. An example of an information group follows:
{\info{\title The Panda's Thumb}{\author Stephen J Gould}{\keywords
science natural history }}