Filed under: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Office, Freeware, Open Source
AbiWord 2.6 free word processor for Windows and Linux released
by Brad Linder Mar 31st 2008 at 3:00PM
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
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tush said 5:21PM on 3-31-2008
Gotta love abiword. :)
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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.
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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.