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# NSAttributedStringDocumentType

Constants for the document type document attribute key.

```
typedef NSString * NSAttributedStringDocumentType;
```

## Discussion

Use these constants as values for the [`NSDocumentTypeDocumentAttribute`](/documentation/AppKit/NSDocumentTypeDocumentAttribute) key in the document attributes dictionary.

## Topics

### Getting keys for document types

[`extern NSAttributedStringDocumentType NSDocFormatTextDocumentType;`](/documentation/AppKit/NSDocFormatTextDocumentType)

Microsoft Word document.

[`extern NSAttributedStringDocumentType NSHTMLTextDocumentType;`](/documentation/AppKit/NSHTMLTextDocumentType)

Hypertext markup language (HTML) document.

[`extern NSAttributedStringDocumentType NSMacSimpleTextDocumentType;`](/documentation/AppKit/NSMacSimpleTextDocumentType)

Macintosh SimpleText document.

[`extern NSAttributedStringDocumentType NSOfficeOpenXMLTextDocumentType;`](/documentation/AppKit/NSOfficeOpenXMLTextDocumentType)

ECMA Office Open XML text document format.

[`extern NSAttributedStringDocumentType NSOpenDocumentTextDocumentType;`](/documentation/AppKit/NSOpenDocumentTextDocumentType)

OASIS Open Document text document format.

[`extern NSAttributedStringDocumentType NSPlainTextDocumentType;`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPlainTextDocumentType)

Plain text document.

[`extern NSAttributedStringDocumentType NSRTFTextDocumentType;`](/documentation/AppKit/NSRTFTextDocumentType)

Rich text format document.

[`extern NSAttributedStringDocumentType NSRTFDTextDocumentType;`](/documentation/AppKit/NSRTFDTextDocumentType)

Rich text format with attachments document.

[`extern NSAttributedStringDocumentType NSWebArchiveTextDocumentType;`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWebArchiveTextDocumentType)

WebKit WebArchive document.

[`extern NSAttributedStringDocumentType NSWordMLTextDocumentType;`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWordMLTextDocumentType)

Microsoft Word XML (WordML schema) document.


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