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# NSAttributedString.DocumentType

Constants for the document type document attribute key.

```
struct DocumentType
```

## Overview

Use these constants as values for the [`documentType`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAttributedString/DocumentAttributeKey/documentType) key in the document attributes dictionary.

## Topics

### Getting keys for document types

[`docFormat`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAttributedString/DocumentType/docFormat)

Microsoft Word document.

[`html`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAttributedString/DocumentType/html)

Hypertext markup language (HTML) document.

[`macSimpleText`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAttributedString/DocumentType/macSimpleText)

Macintosh SimpleText document.

[`officeOpenXML`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAttributedString/DocumentType/officeOpenXML)

ECMA Office Open XML text document format.

[`openDocument`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAttributedString/DocumentType/openDocument)

OASIS Open Document text document format.

[`plain`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAttributedString/DocumentType/plain)

Plain text document.

[`rtf`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAttributedString/DocumentType/rtf)

Rich text format document.

[`rtfd`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAttributedString/DocumentType/rtfd)

Rich text format with attachments document.

[`webArchive`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAttributedString/DocumentType/webArchive)

WebKit WebArchive document.

[`wordML`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAttributedString/DocumentType/wordML)

Microsoft Word XML (WordML schema) document.

### Initializers

[`init(_:)`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAttributedString/DocumentType/init(_:))

Creates a document type.

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/Foundation/NSAttributedString/DocumentType/init(rawValue:))

Creates a document type with the specified raw value.


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