Thank you for your quick response. Here is my code:

private int MARGIN_LEFT = 5;
   private int MARGIN_RIGHT = 5;
   private int MARGIN_TOP = 30;
   private int MARGIN_BOTTOM = 30;

   public String makeCv(String MCV_ID,  // MCV_ID
         String rec_id,                 // cv id
         OutputStream outStream)
   {
      int i, n;
      List list;
      String[] ss, name_ss;
      Phrase   ph;
      Cell     cel;

      // ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
      // get employee info
      Employee emp = m_employee.selectEmployee_mcv_id(MCV_ID);
      if (emp == null)
      {
         return null;
      }

      name_ss = makeNameForCV(emp);
      if (name_ss == null) {
         return null;
      }
      // ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
      // get address

      Address adr = m_address.selectAddress(MCV_ID, "W");

      ss = makeAddressForCV(adr);

      Document document = null;

      RtfFont boldFont = new RtfFont("Times New Roman", 12, RtfFont.BOLD);
      RtfFont boldFont14 = new RtfFont("Times New Roman", 14, RtfFont.BOLD);
      RtfFont bold_underline_Font12 = new RtfFont("Times New Roman", 12,
            RtfFont.BOLD + RtfFont.UNDERLINE);
     
      RtfFont plainFont = new RtfFont("Times New Roman", 12, 
RtfFont.STYLE_NONE);
      RtfFont plainItalicFont = new RtfFont("Times New Roman", 12,
            RtfFont.ITALIC);
      RtfFont plainFont10 = new RtfFont("Times New Roman", 10,
            RtfFont.STYLE_NONE);

      Paragraph newline_p = new Paragraph(" ", plainFont);
      Paragraph none_p = new Paragraph("        None", plainFont);

      Paragraph p;
     
      try
      {
         // step 1: creation of a document-object
         document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 50, 50, 50, 50);

         // step 2:
         // we create a writer that listens to the document
         // and directs a RTF-stream to a file

         RtfWriter2 rw2 = RtfWriter2.getInstance(document, outStream);

         // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         // header and footer mus be added
         // after RtfWriter2.getInstance()
         // 
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         // * Create different headers for the title page and all following
         // * pages
         //

         Table footerTable = new Table(3);
         footerTable.setBorderColor(new Color(255, 255, 255));
         footerTable.setDefaultCellBorderColor(new Color(255, 255, 255));

         footerTable.setWidth(100);
         footerTable.setAlignment("LEFT");
         footerTable.setWidths(new int[] { 34, 32, 34 });

         ph = new Phrase(name_ss[0].trim(), plainFont10);
         cel = new Cell(ph);
         cel.setHorizontalAlignment("LEFT");

         footerTable.addCell(cel);

         ph = new Phrase(emp.getEMPLID(), plainFont10); // date
         cel = new Cell(ph);
         cel.setHorizontalAlignment("CENTER");

         footerTable.addCell(cel);

         cel = new Cell();
         cel.setHorizontalAlignment("RIGHT");
         cel.add(new RtfPageNumber());
         footerTable.addCell(cel);

         RtfHeaderFooter footer_table = new RtfHeaderFooter(footerTable);
         document.setFooter(footer_table);

         /*
          * Create different headers for the title page and all 
following pages
          */
         rw2.setMargins(MARGIN_LEFT, MARGIN_RIGHT, MARGIN_TOP, 
MARGIN_BOTTOM);

         // step 3: we open the document
         document.open();

         document.add(new RtfPageNumber());
         // step 4: we add a paragraph to the document

         if (name_ss != null)
         {
            for (i = 0; i < name_ss.length; i++)
            {
               p = new Paragraph(name_ss[i].trim(), plainFont);
               p.setAlignment("CENTER");
               document.add(p);
            }
         }
        
         if (ss != null)
         {
            for (i = 0; i < ss.length; i++)
            {
               p = new Paragraph(ss[i], plainFont);
               p.setAlignment("CENTER");
               document.add(p);
            }
         }

         // //////////////////////////////////////////////////
         for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
         {
            document.add(newline_p);
         }

         // //////////////////////////////////////////////////

         Table t = new Table(2, 14 * 2);

         // t.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
         // t.setDefaultCellBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);

         t.setBorderColor(new Color(255, 255, 255));
         t.setDefaultCellBorderColor(new Color(255, 255, 255));

         t.setWidth(100);
         t.setAlignment("LEFT");
         t.setWidths(new int[] { 90, 10 });

         Cell cl;
         for (i = 1; i <= 14; i++)
         {
            ph = new Phrase(table_contents[i], boldFont);
            cl = new Cell(ph);
            t.addCell(cl);

            cl = new Cell("Page");
            t.addCell(cl);

            cl = new Cell(newline_p);
            cl.setColspan(2);
            t.addCell(cl);
         }
         document.add(t);

         // //////////////////////////////////////////////////
         // next page
         document.newPage();
        
.....

-Henry

Howard Shank wrote:
> Henry,
>
> Are you opening the RTF file with MS Office 2003 or some other reader 
> application?
> Are you attempting to open the "text" of the RTF using a text editor?
>
> What are the "First few line:" of your code?
>
> Regards,
>
> Howard
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Henry Lu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Post all your questions about iText here 
> <itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 10:04:44 AM
> Subject: [iText-questions] rtf - strange character at the beginning
>
> There is a strange/special/unexpected character at the very beginning of 
> my rtf file if i have following code after first few line:
>
>
>         Table t1 = new Table(2, (table_contents.length-1) * 2);
>
>         // t.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
>         // t.setDefaultCellBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
>
>         t1.setBorderColor(new Color(255, 255, 255));
>         t1.setDefaultCellBorderColor(new Color(255, 255, 255));
>
>         t1.setWidth(100);
>         t1.setAlignment("LEFT");
>         t1.setWidths(new int[] { 90, 10 });
>
>       Chunk    chnk;
> //        Cell cl;
>         for (i = 1; i < table_contents.length; i++)
>         {
>             chnk = new Chunk(table_contents[i], boldFont);
>             cl = new Cell(chnk);
>             t1.addCell(cl);
>
>             cl = new Cell("Page");
>             t1.addCell(cl);
>
>             cl = new Cell(newline_p);
>             cl.setColspan(2);
>             t1.addCell(cl);
>         }
>
>         document.add(t1);
>
> Could someone help me out?
>
> -Henry
>
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