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Why AbiWord?
Generality

    Environnement
    SDI Vs. MDI

Installation
    Windows
    Linux Intel
    BeOS Intel
    BeOS PPC
    Solaris
    FreeBSD

Basis #1
Basis #2
Writing
Format
Paragraph
    Tabulations
    Colums
Sections
Styles
Object insertion
Print
Find / Replace
Personnalisation
Shortcuts

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Description of AbiWord

AbiWord is a small word processing (until now), but fast and complete. It forms part of the AbiSource project which is him even sponsored by the SourceGear company. The goal of this project is the development of an office automation continuation Open Source and multi platforms. The beginning of this project starts with AbiWord, the word processing. Among his characteristics, one can quote his interface " look & feel " (see screen capture), his possibilities of working of pages and paragraphs, an orthographical corrector, an interactive rule, the integration of styles, his capacity To cancel / Répéter unlimited, a function Rechercher / Remplacer and the insertion of images. It is also able to import documents Microsoft Word 97 and rtf (Rich Text Format) and to back up documents Internet HTML 

But the most significant difference of AbiWord compared to almost all the other word processings available is its format of native files. A document backed up under AbiWord has an extension by defect * abw writes in XML and thus in ASCII format. These files can then be read by any text editor. That does not mean for as much not than AbiWord is an editor XML. AbiWord is a word processing which uses the XML like a practical syntax of representation of documents. It is a total transfer compared to the other traditional word processings and that ensures that when a document is written with AbiWord, it is fixed with no particular word processing; word processing which will become obsolete in the five years to come.

Lastly, AbiWord is completely free and multi platforms: it functions under Windows and the majority of the Unix systems.

  • BeOS / INTEL (experimental)
  • BeOS / PPC (experimental)
  • Linux / Alpha (Temporarily inalienable)
  • Linux / INTEL
  • FreeBSD / INTEL
  • Solaris
  • Windows 95, 98, NT
  • Other

The next years will see personal data processing transferring deeply with the development and the deployment of several operating systems (OS). AbiWord will be thus able to turn on these principal OS Once again, the choice of native files XML will ensure a portability of these files on these various platforms whereas the word processings mono platform traditional remain partitioned.


Card-index identity

Company: AbiSource
Version: 0.7.9
Go back to publication:  
Cut file: 1255K
Licence: Free (Open Source)
Platforms: Windows / Unix
Automatic Désinstallation? Yes

The Open concept Source

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The software forming part of the concept Open Source differs from traditional the other commercial software owing to the fact that their source codes (lines of instructions which defines the software in itself) are freely available just as the software themselves. For the majority of the users, that imports little; however, everyone profits from the ceaseless improvements which produces each volunteer on the software of origin. Everyone can take part in the improvement of the product. This concept is opposed to that of software owner, protected by a licence prohibiting the access to its source code, the additions or the withdrawals, the copy and the redistribution. For more information on the Open concept Source, visit the site www.opensource.org

AbiWord is thus a software Open Source. It is not a shareware: you do not have any legal obligation, moral or of all other kinds. It is completely free. We want simply that everyone can use this software: you can even copy it for other people likely to be interested.

AbiWord is being born from a model of development that many people ignore. The result of the contributions of many people all over the world is that frequent updates appear. The users of AbiWord should supervise unceasingly that a new version came out, and should also consult the site of AbiSource to frequently be sure that they use the most recent version of AbiWord.