AbiWord

The Open Source, Cross-Platform Word Processor

AbiWord is a lean and fast full-featured word processor. It works on Windows and most Unix Systems. It is safe and easy to download and install. Features include:

• Basic character formatting (bold, underline, italics, etc.)
• Advances character formatting (Superscript, Subscript, line and paragraph spaceing, etc.)
• Paragraph alignment and indentation
• Tabs (Left, Center, Right, Decimal)
• Columns (One, Two or Three)
• Lists (bulleted and numbered)
• Spell-check
• Import of Word97/2000 and RTF, Palm, Psion, DocBook and XHTML documents
• Export to RTF, Palm, Psion, XHTML, Text, and LaTeX formats
• Interactive rulers
• Styles
• Unlimited undo/redo
• Widow/orphan control
• Find/Replace
• Images
• Fields (Page Number, Date Time)

Mailing List

You can sign up for the AbiWord user mailing list by sending a message to abiword-user-request@abisource.com with "subscribe" in the message body. To reduce spam traffic to this list, only its members can submit messages; you need to subscribe to it to send mail. We also host archives of this list.

This mailing list is designed to facilitate discussion among users of AbiWord. The list is monitored by various AbiSource project members. You may use this list to:

• post questions,
• suggest features, or
• carry on nearly any discussion which is directly related to AbiWord.

Please remember that this mailing list is a public forum and your postings may be read by many people.

Other Resources

There is also have a low-traffic mailing list for folks who are just interested in general announcements of new releases, etc.

Some may also find the AbiWord Weekly News of interest even though it is mostly intended for developers. It does contain progress information that would be of interest to most users though.