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17 Jun 2010
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Platform: Windows XP, Windows Vista
Manufacturer: Rare Ideas
Size: 6MB
Number of Downloads: 984
Price: Free
AbiWord is worthy of consideration should you be looking for a free word processor but don't require the comprehensiveness of Microsoft Word and its ilk.
It is very similar in design and layout to Word, and is fully compatible with Word documents (.doc) and many other file formats, inlcuding rich and plain text, WordPerfect, Microsoft Write, and various Psion and Palm document formats.
It may not be feature-packed but it has more than just the basics. Images can be inserted into documents (BMP and PNG formats only), documents can be saved as web pages, and comprehensive text formatting is included.
More advanced features are freely available as plugins from the AbiWord website (see above). These include dictionaries, translation tools, thesauruses and image editing tools.
Obvious omissions are the inability to insert tables and a lack of 3D support.
However, the majority of you probably use about 10 per cent of Word's total functionality, so why waste money on such a product when Abiword does it for free?
Note this is the portable version of AbiWord.
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nice to see more applications besides openoffice, it still not good enought, there should also be a version online, perhaps a plugin for firefox a xul version standalone application more like linux/mac/ipod feel more newer generation rather then ripping off ms word, it needs to be more unique aswell as true to those who need it, try skinning it, so people can develop skins and theme make it look exactly like word or a newer gen thing.
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