AbiWord up Booms come and busts go, but open-source developers keep improving the alternatives to Microsoft's "standards." By Andrew Leonard. Published November 15, 2002 8:41PM (EST) -- ...

The closest competitor to AbiWord is OpenOffice Writer, though AbiWord, like many other word processing apps inLinux, lacks a fully developed suite of programs such as spreadsheetand presentation apps ...

That’s because AbiWord is cross-platform, open software. It is copyrighted and available for use under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

The AbiWord project has announced that NLnet is providing funding to facilitate the development of improved OpenDocument (ODF) filters in AbiWord. This will increase the program's compatibility ...

Hello, I am having problems with Abiword loading. Everytime I run abiword, vi abiword in aterm, the splash screen will pop up but thats it, it goes away and thats it. No output in aterm either, it ...

AbiWord can save them in a wide number of formats, including .doc, .docx, and obscure ones such as .aw. Inarguably, the best feature of the app is the fully-working collaboration feature.

A master carpenter would neither drive a finishing nail with a sledgehammer nor trim a tabletop with a chain saw. Such a craftsperson needs tools that are small, versatile and cheap. One such tool … ...

Although I had met some AbiSource folks at a conference many years ago, the AbiSource project had pretty much dropped off my radar until AbiWord received an Editors' Choice award (see Linux Journal, ...

A master carpenter would neither drive a finishing nail with a sledgehammer nor trim a tabletop with a chain saw. Such a craftsperson needs tools that are small, versatile and cheap. One such tool … ...

A master carpenter would neither drive a finishing nail with a sledgehammer nor trim a tabletop with a chain saw. Such a craftsperson needs tools that are small, versatile and cheap. One such tool ...