diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ebf98184..7f9745d7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Place announcement text here.
 - Introduced writer for the "Paragraph Alignment" element (see `\PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\Word2007\Element\ParagraphAlignment`). - @RomanSyroeshko
 - Introduced writer for the "Table Alignment" element (see `\PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\Word2007\Element\TableAlignment`). - @RomanSyroeshko
 - Supported indexed arrays in arguments of `TemplateProcessor::setValue()`. - @RomanSyroeshko #618
+- Introduced automatic output escaping for OOXML, ODF, HTML, and RTF. To turn the feature on use `phpword.ini` or `\PhpOffice\PhpWord\Settings`. - @RomanSyroeshko #483
 
 ### Changed
 - Improved error message for the case when `autoload.php` is not found. - @RomanSyroeshko #371
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Escaper/AbstractEscaper.php b/src/PhpWord/Escaper/AbstractEscaper.php
index 37b82dff..6ddcbb51 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Escaper/AbstractEscaper.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Escaper/AbstractEscaper.php
@@ -25,22 +25,22 @@ namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Escaper;
 abstract class AbstractEscaper implements EscaperInterface
 {
     /**
-     * @param string $subject
+     * @param string $input
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    abstract protected function escapeSingleValue($subject);
+    abstract protected function escapeSingleValue($input);
 
-    public function escape($subject)
+    public function escape($input)
     {
-        if (is_array($subject)) {
-            foreach ($subject as &$item) {
+        if (is_array($input)) {
+            foreach ($input as &$item) {
                 $item = $this->escapeSingleValue($item);
             }
         } else {
-            $subject = $this->escapeSingleValue($subject);
+            $input = $this->escapeSingleValue($input);
         }
 
-        return $subject;
+        return $input;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Escaper/EscaperInterface.php b/src/PhpWord/Escaper/EscaperInterface.php
index 39ddf9b4..c34cf370 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Escaper/EscaperInterface.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Escaper/EscaperInterface.php
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Escaper;
 interface EscaperInterface
 {
     /**
-     * @param mixed $subject
+     * @param mixed $input
      *
      * @return mixed
      */
-    public function escape($subject);
+    public function escape($input);
 }
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Escaper/RegExp.php b/src/PhpWord/Escaper/RegExp.php
index 30d799d9..de510bcf 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Escaper/RegExp.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Escaper/RegExp.php
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ class RegExp extends AbstractEscaper
 {
     const REG_EXP_DELIMITER = '/';
 
-    protected function escapeSingleValue($subject)
+    protected function escapeSingleValue($input)
     {
-        return self::REG_EXP_DELIMITER . preg_quote($subject, self::REG_EXP_DELIMITER) . self::REG_EXP_DELIMITER . 'u';
+        return self::REG_EXP_DELIMITER . preg_quote($input, self::REG_EXP_DELIMITER) . self::REG_EXP_DELIMITER . 'u';
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Escaper/Rtf.php b/src/PhpWord/Escaper/Rtf.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9385e63e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Escaper/Rtf.php
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This file is part of PHPWord - A pure PHP library for reading and writing
+ * word processing documents.
+ *
+ * PHPWord is free software distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please read the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code. For the full list of
+ * contributors, visit https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/contributors.
+ *
+ * @link        https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord
+ * @copyright   2010-2016 PHPWord contributors
+ * @license     http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt LGPL version 3
+ */
+
+namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Escaper;
+
+/**
+ * @since 0.13.0
+ * 
+ * @codeCoverageIgnore
+ */
+class Rtf extends AbstractEscaper
+{
+    protected function escapeAsciiCharacter($code) {
+        if (20 > $code || $code >= 80) {
+            return '{\u' . $code . '}';
+        } else {
+            return chr($code);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected function escapeMultibyteCharacter($code) {
+        return '\uc0{\u' . $code . '}';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see http://www.randomchaos.com/documents/?source=php_and_unicode
+     */
+    protected function escapeSingleValue($input)
+    {
+        $escapedValue = '';
+
+        $numberOfBytes = 1;
+        $bytes = array();
+        for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($input); ++$i) {
+            $character = $input[$i];
+            $asciiCode = ord($character);
+
+            if ($asciiCode < 128) {
+                $escapedValue .= $this->escapeAsciiCharacter($asciiCode);
+            } else {
+                if (0 == count($bytes)) {
+                    if ($asciiCode < 224) {
+                        $numberOfBytes = 2;
+                    } else if ($asciiCode < 240) {
+                        $numberOfBytes = 3;
+                    } else if ($asciiCode < 248) {
+                        $numberOfBytes = 4;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                $bytes[] = $asciiCode;
+
+                if ($numberOfBytes == count($bytes)) {
+                    if (4 == $numberOfBytes) {
+                        $multibyteCode = ($bytes[0] % 8) * 262144 + ($bytes[1] % 64) * 4096 + ($bytes[2] % 64) * 64 + ($bytes[3] % 64);
+                    } elseif (3 == $numberOfBytes) {
+                        $multibyteCode = ($bytes[0] % 16) * 4096 + ($bytes[1] % 64) * 64 + ($bytes[2] % 64);
+                    } else {
+                        $multibyteCode = ($bytes[0] % 32) * 64 + ($bytes[1] % 64);
+                    }
+
+                    if (65279 != $multibyteCode) {
+                        $escapedValue .= $multibyteCode < 128 ? $this->escapeAsciiCharacter($multibyteCode) : $this->escapeMultibyteCharacter($multibyteCode);
+                    }
+
+                    $numberOfBytes = 1;
+                    $bytes = array();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $escapedValue;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Escaper/Xml.php b/src/PhpWord/Escaper/Xml.php
index 6cbdceca..274cade5 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Escaper/Xml.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Escaper/Xml.php
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Escaper;
  */
 class Xml extends AbstractEscaper
 {
-    protected function escapeSingleValue($subject)
+    protected function escapeSingleValue($input)
     {
         // todo: omit encoding parameter after migration onto PHP 5.4
-        return htmlspecialchars($subject, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
+        return htmlspecialchars($input, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Part/AbstractPart.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Part/AbstractPart.php
index 4c5f66e9..8dcd2e4b 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Part/AbstractPart.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/HTML/Part/AbstractPart.php
@@ -22,15 +22,11 @@ use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\AbstractWriter;
 use Zend\Escaper\Escaper;
 
 /**
- * Abstract HTML part writer
- *
  * @since 0.11.0
  */
 abstract class AbstractPart
 {
     /**
-     * Parent writer
-     *
      * @var \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\AbstractWriter
      */
     private $parentWriter;
@@ -46,16 +42,13 @@ abstract class AbstractPart
     }
     
     /**
-     * Write part
-     *
      * @return string
      */
     abstract public function write();
 
     /**
-     * Set parent writer.
-     *
      * @param \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\AbstractWriter $writer
+     * 
      * @return void
      */
     public function setParentWriter(AbstractWriter $writer = null)
@@ -64,8 +57,6 @@ abstract class AbstractPart
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get parent writer
-     *
      * @return \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\AbstractWriter
      *
      * @throws \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Exception\Exception
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/AbstractElement.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/AbstractElement.php
index 3ac9c6e7..b185cd92 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/AbstractElement.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Element/AbstractElement.php
@@ -18,9 +18,13 @@
 namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\RTF\Element;
 
 use PhpOffice\Common\Text as CommonText;
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\AbstractElement as Element;
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Escaper\Rtf;
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Settings;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Font as FontStyle;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Style\Paragraph as ParagraphStyle;
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\AbstractWriter;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\HTML\Element\AbstractElement as HTMLAbstractElement;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\RTF\Style\Font as FontStyleWriter;
 use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\RTF\Style\Paragraph as ParagraphStyleWriter;
@@ -46,6 +50,13 @@ abstract class AbstractElement extends HTMLAbstractElement
      */
     private $paragraphStyle;
 
+    public function __construct(AbstractWriter $parentWriter, Element $element, $withoutP)
+    {
+        parent::__construct($parentWriter, $element, $withoutP);
+
+        $this->escaper = new Rtf();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get font and paragraph styles.
      *
@@ -112,7 +123,11 @@ abstract class AbstractElement extends HTMLAbstractElement
      */
     protected function writeText($text)
     {
-        return CommonText::toUnicode($text);
+        if (Settings::isOutputEscapingEnabled()) {
+            return $this->escaper->escape($text);
+        } else {
+            return CommonText::toUnicode($text);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Part/AbstractPart.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Part/AbstractPart.php
index b1d97eee..b1cd1fb3 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Part/AbstractPart.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Part/AbstractPart.php
@@ -17,13 +17,56 @@
 
 namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\RTF\Part;
 
-use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\HTML\Part\AbstractPart as HTMLAbstractPart;
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Escaper\Rtf;
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Exception\Exception;
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\AbstractWriter;
 
 /**
- * Abstract RTF part writer
- *
  * @since 0.11.0
  */
-abstract class AbstractPart extends HTMLAbstractPart
+abstract class AbstractPart
 {
+    /**
+     * @var \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\AbstractWriter
+     */
+    private $parentWriter;
+
+    /**
+     * @var \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Escaper\EscaperInterface
+     */
+    protected $escaper;
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->escaper = new Rtf();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    abstract public function write();
+
+    /**
+     * @param \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\AbstractWriter $writer
+     * 
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function setParentWriter(AbstractWriter $writer = null)
+    {
+        $this->parentWriter = $writer;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\AbstractWriter
+     *
+     * @throws \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Exception\Exception
+     */
+    public function getParentWriter()
+    {
+        if ($this->parentWriter !== null) {
+            return $this->parentWriter;
+        } else {
+            throw new Exception('No parent WriterInterface assigned.');
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Part/Document.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Part/Document.php
index 51b6dbc4..168b9cae 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Part/Document.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Part/Document.php
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ class Document extends AbstractPart
         $content .= '\info';
         foreach ($properties as $property) {
             $method = 'get' . (isset($mapping[$property]) ? $mapping[$property] : $property);
-            $value = $docProps->$method();
+            if (!in_array($property, $dateFields) && Settings::isOutputEscapingEnabled()) {
+                $value = $this->escaper->escape($docProps->$method());
+            } else {
+                $value = $docProps->$method();
+            }
             $value = in_array($property, $dateFields) ? $this->getDateValue($value) : $value;
             $content .= "{\\{$property} {$value}}";
         }
@@ -105,7 +109,6 @@ class Document extends AbstractPart
      */
     private function writeSections()
     {
-
         $content = '';
 
         $sections = $this->getParentWriter()->getPhpWord()->getSections();
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Part/Header.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Part/Header.php
index cc5d3dd4..fad62278 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Part/Header.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/RTF/Part/Header.php
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class Header extends AbstractPart
     {
         $content = '';
 
-        $content .= '{\*\generator PhpWord;}'; // Set the generator
+        $content .= '{\*\generator PHPWord;}'; // Set the generator
         $content .= PHP_EOL;
 
         return $content;