Does Abiword require MSWord to be installed on the system?

I have a "search and replay a list of phrases" working on MS Word. While
it works, I can't use MS Office (Word/ Excel) for some reasons. If I
open a file this software is running, or if I do any single change in
any Word file that was already open, that software stops working and
doesn't replace in that session any more.

It is a long process, often taking 2-4 hours while that software works
on a file and I couldn't afford not to be able to work for so long.

So, I needed a software in which I could still work in MS Word files
while that software works on .doc files.

Then, I searched and found Abiword. I have installed it, though not used
it till now.

I want to know whether Abiword would work absolutely independently of MS
Work, whether MS Word is installed or not in the system, so that my that
software doesn't get any signal from Abiword that I have opened/ changed
any file in Abiword, on which that software is still working.

Thanks.

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Rawat
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