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15 Nov 2011
A great word processor that warrants investigation.
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Platform: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 7, Windows Vista 64-bit
Manufacturer: Dom Lachowicz
Size: 8.1MB
Number of Downloads: 9034
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 that Linux and Mac OS X versions are available on the download page.
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Hello I though I would try this seeing its free (sneaky aint it) but one thing I find is u cannot change the font or sixe and make it stick,and cannot type in say aerial and then right click it and change it to what u want ,is it me or thats how abiword is meant to be seeing its basic
Posted by: Edgar Mills 03 Jun 2010
Abiword is efficient
Abiword is fast, simple and effective! Great on Linux. Give it a try to avoid software bloat. Gnumeric spreadsheet is also excellent.
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