AbiWord 2.6 free word processor for Windows and Linux released

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AbiWord 2.6 free word processor for Windows and Linux released

by Brad Linder Mar 31st 2008

AbiWord is a great little word processor for Windows, Linux, and OS X. It can handle DOC, RTF, TXT, and HTML files, as well as a few other other formats. And AbiWord takes up an awful lot less disc space than OpenOffice.org. So it's certainly worth checking out if all you need is a lightweight but full-featured word processor.

Version 2.6 is available now for Windows and Linux. It looks like the latest version of AbiWord for OS X is still version 2.4.6. The latest release includes a ton of updates including:

GNOME office plugin that allows you to embed Gnumeric charts in documents
Ability to open files on remote shares using samba, ftp, or ssh shares
Improved language support
Experimental collaboration plugin
Experimental new Office Open XMl import filter
Native Windows vista menus
Drag and drop images in and out of Unix version of AbiWord

For a full list of updates, check out the release notes.

[via CyberNotes]

Tags: abiword, abiword-2.6, openoffice, word-processor

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Tush said 5:21PM on 3-31-2008

Gotta love abiword. :)

bikeham said 7:42PM on 3-31-2008

Cool as.... The available Abiword for os x blows big time however. It appears the os x development for this excellent wp has been dropped like a hot potatoe. A pity really because a free, streamlined, multi-format doc editor for the mac would be mint.

James said 10:44AM on 4-01-2008

I believe the OS X version is currently being worked on, actually. They just don't have as many developers for that platform as they do for Windows/Linux, so progress is moving a bit slower.

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