--- source/sugar/shell/StartPage.py	2006-07-25 11:42:01.000000000 -0400
+++ build/share/sugar/shell/StartPage.py	2006-07-05 00:24:08.000000000 -0400
@@ -204,6 +204,11 @@
 		vbox.pack_start(search_box, False, True)
 		search_box.show()
 
+		abi_button = gtk.Button("AbiWord")
+		abi_button.connect('clicked', self._abi_button_clicked_cb)
+		vbox.pack_start(abi_button, False)
+		abi_button.show()
+
 		exp_space = gtk.Label('')
 		vbox.pack_start(exp_space)
 		exp_space.show()
@@ -290,6 +295,13 @@
 		self._search()
 		self._search_entry.set_text('')
 
+	def _abi_button_clicked_cb(self, button):
+		bus = dbus.SessionBus()
+		proxy_obj = bus.get_object('com.redhat.Sugar.WordProcessor', '/com/redhat/Sugar/WordProcessor')
+		wordprocessor_shell = dbus.Interface(proxy_obj, 'com.redhat.Sugar.WordProcessorShell')
+
+		wordprocessor_shell.open_new_document()
+
 	def _search(self, text = None):
 		if text == None:
 			text = self._search_entry.get_text()