So while Abiword has the perfect environment for the kind of writing I do (moreso than any other word processor for linux), given all its bugs I'm just not sure if I can trust it with my files. It is suitable for typing papers, letters, reports, memos, and so forth. There are also some interface issues - for instance, a lot of drop down lists are missing scrollbars, such as the font selector, which makes it really annoying to change fonts. AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft Word. It is written in C++ and since version 3 it is based on GTK+ 3. If you find out what the hell is going on in the Abiword world please let us know. That’s only happened to me once, and I haven’t been able to reproduce it. AbiWord is a free and open-source software word processor. So I fired up my Xubuntu (14.04) virtual machine and behold, the version number for Abiword was 3.0.0 and the copyright read 2012 so I can assume that the 3.0.0 version has been out for a few years. ![]() Even the word wrap acts funny - it left the first leffer of a word hanging on the end of the previous line until it suddenly realised it had to reformat halfway through the next line. Installing the AbiWord download: AbiSource provides their software as a Windows Executable file and therefore installation is as easy as downloading the file. But then LibreOffice was weirdly able to read it, although there was an unexplained box around the text. It couldn’t even open a very simple odt file it had saved itself - the document was blank. ![]() ![]() Most word processors seem to be trying to outdo each other in how cluttered and bloated they can be, but AbiWord keeps it simple and clean. ![]() I like the minimalism of the AbiWord interface.
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