Microsoft Word is so widely used that many of us forget that there are alternatives. Even though most users only ever use a small percentage of Words potential, they feel uncomfortable using any other word processing applications and end up sticking with what they know. The trouble is that word is not small enough to be taken on the road and if you need an application that can be stored on a USB stick, it may be time to begin looking at other options.

AbiWord Portable 2.6.8 is a portable word processor with all the required features for producing high quality documents in Microsoft Words .doc format. It has a similar layout to Word but as expected, this small portable application does lack some useful features but is more than capable of creating most documents.

AbiWord Portable 2.6.8 link.

25 Mar 2009