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AbiWord
AbiWord

AbiWord

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Highlights : About AbiWord

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Multi-Platform

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Advanced Document Layout Options

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Mail Merge

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Extensible Plugin Architecture

About AbiWord

AbiWord is a free and open source word processing tool designed and developed by a group of volunteers around the world to handle a wide variety of word processing tasks. Supporting multiple languages and operating systems, AbiWord is a component of a larger project known as AbiSource, an open source project that was initiated by SourceGear Corporation and aimed at developing a cross-platform office suite. AbiWord is considered as a unique word processor because of its capability to be easily deployed and run on various operating systems and platforms. Also, its powerful support for internationalization makes it a tool that has a massive user-base. The word processor can be used for work-related word processing tasks, personal needs, and fun typing activities. AbiWord delivers basic features similar to those of Microsoft Word.

Specifications

  Business Size
Startup
  Customization
Yes
  Deployments
Cloud, Open API
  Language Support
English,German,Spanish,French,Italian,Polish,Portuguese,Turkish,Chinese,Japanese,Dutch,Swedish
  Platforms

Product Details

Features

Multi-Platform

Advanced Document Layout Options

Mail Merge

Extensible Plugin Architecture

Interoperability

Internalization

Powerful Command Line

Benefits

A Fully Cross-Platform Word Processing Tool

What makes AbiWord a unique tool is that it is a fully cross-platform word processing program. Thus, users will be able to run it virtually on any operating system without the need to spend much time on porting. They can install and run the program on the operating system of their choice; whether its Windows, Linux, QNX, FreeBSD, or Solaris. As the program integrates with the operating system it runs on, it utilizes the functionalities of such system. For instance, it can take advantage of the image loading or printing functionalities of a particular operating system.

Highly Interoperable

Aside from being a fully cross-platform word processor, AbiWord has a high interoperability. It is designed to handle different types of documents such as OpenOffice.org, Microsoft, and WordPerfect documents. It can also be used for creating Rich Text Format documents as well as HTML web pages. This capability enhances team collaboration, as users can quickly produce and share documents needed by their team members.

Create Professional-Looking And Fun-To-Read Documents

AbiWord helps users create documents that have beautiful and professional layouts. Through the aid of its advanced document layout options, they can produce documents that are formatted and customized for professional use, scientific research, and other purposes. They can enhance their documents by adding tables, creating lists; applying bullets, footnotes, endnotes, and various styles so that they will look good and fun to read.

Multilingual Support

Another powerful feature present in AbiWord is its capability to support multiple languages. The program is available in most common languages. It also supports a lot of languages that are not commonly used. It has a built-in spell checker that checks texts and documents against international dictionaries. As a result, spelling errors are quickly identified, even those ones that are often overlooked.

Mail Merge And Command Line Capabilities

AbiWord offers mail merge capabilities which enable users to automatically create thousands of form letters in less time. They can instantly replace the data they previously entered on special fields within document templates and fill out those templates with data from multiple sources which include relational databases, comma separated text files, and tabbed text files. In addition, the program has a powerful command line that interfaces with it; allowing users to create form letters, print documents, as well as convert documents to any type of file format from the command line.

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