How do I fix an uneven format in my rtf?

You should always do "save as" rather than "save" in these cases, because you don't want to overwrite a better one with a worse one.

Try saving as type .TXT (plain text). That strips out all formatting and leaves only the text.

There are some ways of repair rtf, as only my opinion and some other familiar MS Specialists. It is the guide in the following or resources that suggest Microsoft Company

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help...

http://www.rtf.repair/

You could try Open Office Writer program. In the wiki it said that it's recovered corrupted Word documents that MS Word couldn't recover. It's a long shot, and I doubt it'll work, but it's free to try.

Try inserting the .RTF into a new Word document. To do this open Word and click INSERT -->FILE and point to the RTF file. Also try opening in Notepad by right clicking the file and selecting "Open With" and select Notepad from the list of programs.