AbiWord
| latest_release_version = 2.6.4
2008 | 15}}| programming language = C++| operating_system = Cross-platform| genre = Word processor| license = GNU General Public License| website =weblink}} | AbiWord is a
free software word processor licensed under the
GNU General Public License. The name "AbiWord" (pronounced "Abby Word") is derived from the root of the Spanish word
abierto, meaning "open". It currently runs on
Linux,
Mac OS X (
PowerPC),
Microsoft Windows,
ReactOS,
BeOS (unsupported),
AmigaOS 4.0 (through its
Cygnix X11 engine), and other
operating systems.AbiWord was originally started by
SourceGear Corporation as the first component of AbiSuite, as part of a plan to create a full Office Suite that would be
free software. However, SourceGear gradually moved on to other business interests, and now the AbiWord project is run by a team of volunteer developers. AbiWord is part of
GNOME Office, a collection of office applications with some degree of integration.
Features
AbiWord has a comprehensive language database with multiple languages. It also has support for tables and
footnotes, as well as a spell checker and an advanced grammar checking system.
[WEB
],
weblink, AbiWord beats OpenOffice to a Grammar Checker
, 2007-11-23
, 2005-10-15
,
Slashdot, "The recently released AbiWord-2.4...is the first Free Word Processor to offer an integrated Grammar Checker",
Interface
AbiWord has a similar user interface to classic versions of Microsoft Word, which is intended to ease migration for new users. Although there are differences, the AbiWord developers aim to embrace and extend this de facto standard in business. With recent changes in Office 2007 user interface, AbiWord becomes a viable alternative, since it mimics the old versions of Word.The interface is intended to follow user interface guidelines for each respective platform. File formats
AbiWord is packaged with several import/export filters, including Rich Text Format, HTML, OpenDocument, and Microsoft Word. An input filter for Office Open XML (docx) is included beginning with version 2.6.0.(1) LaTeX is supported for export only. Plug-in filters are available to deal with many other formats, notably WordPerfect documents. The native file format, .abw, uses XML, so as to mitigate vendor lock-in concerns with respect to interoperability and also digital archiving. See also
References
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[WEB,weblink AbiWord v2.6.0 Released, www.abisource.com, 2008-03-24, ]
External links
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