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AbiWord

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AbiWord is a free software word processor. The name "AbiWord" (pronounced "Abby Word") is derived from the root of the Spanish word "abierto", meaning "open". It runs on Linux, Mac OS X (PowerPC), Microsoft Windows, ReactOS, BeOS (unsupported), AmigaOS 4.0 (through its Cygnix X11 engine), and other operating systems. Multilingual Portable version (15MB installed) from http://portableapps.com/apps/office/abiword_portable . More info »

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portable http://portableapps.com/apps/office/abiword_portable 15MB installed multilingual, word-processor, multi-language, word

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Google Docs

Comment by EmasXP about AbiWord Jul 2011

If it wasn't for Google Docs, this would be my word processor of choice.
 
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If you need styles and (automatically) numbered headlines, ...

Comment by mistaecko about AbiWord Aug 2010

If you need styles and (automatically) numbered headlines, AbiWord is not for you. I found support for styles in AbiWord to be very basic, inconvenient, inefficient and buggy to work with. I couldn't get numbered headlines to work at all, which is a must-have feature for me.
During my short test drive with AbiWord I encountered several other erroneous behaviors that made my experience with AbiWord a disappointing one. Not sure if AbiWord has problems with Windows 7 64bit or my specific system, but it definitely didn't work for me.
I turned to OpenOffice.org Writer to get the job done.
 
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My word processor of choice! It has all the features I need ...

Comment by Ramsey about AbiWord Dec 2009

My word processor of choice! It has all the features I need and none I don't, and it's very fast and easy to use! I used OpenOffice.org Writer before switching to AbiWord. As much as I love Writer, it just seems like overkill and was terribly slow for what I needed it for.
I highly recommend AbiWord for home users!
 
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