Re: [Fwd: HOW TO OPEN ABI WORD DOC WITH OTHER PROGRAM ?]

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> Your website says: "AbiWord is unique among word processors in its =
> drive to become a fully cross-platform word processor."
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> However, I have not been able to open an AbiWord document in any other =
> program (Notepad, Word, WordPerfect, OpenOffice, etc.).
>
> Elsewhere your website says: "What use is a Word Processor when you =
> can't share your documents with your friends? AbiWord is able to read =
> and write all industry standard document types, such as OpenOffice.org =
> documents, Microsoft Word documents, WordPerfect documents, Rich Text =
> Format documents, HTML web pages and many more."
>
> What gives? How can I open an AbiWord document someone sends me unless =
> I have AbiWord?
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> Thanks for any help.
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> - John M. Porter
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If you use AbiWord and want to send a document to someone without it,
there are two options. You can either go to File, Save As, and change
the file type to a common interchange format, like RTF (Rich Text
Format), much as you would do if you had to transfer a Word document
from one version to another, or to another program. Otherwise, since
AbiWord is open-source and free, your recipient is free to install the
program on their own computer.

If you have received an AbiWord document (one that ends in .ABW), the
easiest way to open it is to simply install AbiWord. It is a free
download that contains no spyware or viruses, and is safe for your
computer. This is the most straightforward way. You could also
(because of the special structure of the ABW format) open the file in
Notepad, if all you wanted was the text, and extract it manually, but
usually this is not worth the effort unless a problem with your computer
prevents you from loading the file in AbiWord. The person who sent you
the document could also Save As in the RTF format or any other format
that we have an exporter for.

Hope this helps!

-- 
Ryan Pavlik
AbiWord Win32 Platform Maintainer
www.abisource.com
"Optimism is the father that leads to achievement." - Helen Keller
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