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Best wp sw around, free or not. (And yes, this splits columns; see below).
If you process words, you owe it to yourself to try it.
by: Abby Normal | 5 | 2009-10-31 | | | | "what the..."
oooow my goooat...
i can't copy / paste the words from abiword to any text process apps (notepad, ooo writer, wordpad, ms office, etc)
by: gugukandmiaw | 1 | 2009-07-17 | | | | "Great!"
+ Opens Win 98 Docs under XP + XP docs. XP refuses to open win 98 docs.
+ Built in Spell checker & Grammar checker that checks them as you are typing.
+ Has column splitting now, although instead of available as an icon on the toolbar, you have to click format on the top ribbon to access it.
- Still seems to install strings for other languages, even if you only select English!
Haven't tested to see if they corrected the large text import bug yet, but so far, seems to be doing great!
With improvements like these, nothing but compliments!
by: John | 5 | 2009-03-22 | | | | "The last good version was 2.6.3..."
Pros:
- Free & easy
- Small & powerful
- Opens win 98 & xp files, when XP refuses to open win 98 documents...
Cons:
- 2.6.6 leaves out column splitting (for newspapers & magazines), which is BAD because I LOVED that feature a lot. Filehippo has version 2.6.3, which is the last version of it that still supports this feature. This is one reason I only gave it a 4 instead of a 5 star rating, in addition to those listed below.
- Hangs a long time on large text imports, or clipboard text pastes...
- On large text pastes, reverses the placement of texts... By large, meaning spanning about 25 pages or so. In my case, I tried Open Office & it pasted the whole Bible correctly into the document in seconds, while abiword took minutes & got books of the bible scrambled around.
The words were mostly in the right places, but the books of the bible were scrambled around... Exodus might be around Judges for example.
Add Column splitting back, make large text pastes import fast & in the right place like they should be, & you will definitely sell me on the merits of this freeware gem!
P.S. Someone needs to create a minimal install that already has the dll files built into abiword... Less complicated is better.
In addition, do the installer where it will install ONLY the English language (opposed to selecting english, & getting 50 other languages installed... complete with strings, etc.
Build the spell checker library into abiword.
Try to impress us with a single abiword exe that has everything. I guess that is all I have to say, & don't forget, I love you guys!
by: Atta Boy | 4 | 2009-01-18 | | | | "Thank You"
I could not thank the author enough for this lightweight program.
This software opened all of the my older Word files with no problem. Whoever you are that designed this program all I can say is "Thank you very much".
by: ThisBoy | 5 | 2008-12-20 | | | | "it was okay"
I could use the program easily but when you are on it for a long time it will randomly shut down the program which is not good if you have not saved. And doesn't help when you are on a time limit. Also you cannot save as a .doc or .wps file which is inconvenient when you have to upload a document from a different location and program
by: student | 3 | 2008-06-15 | | | | " We begin to look with suspicions and certain contempt to MS Office Word 2003 and - oh my Sweet Lord"
As an "Open Source" project, AbiWord begins to arrive to the maturity, and as alternative in front of the processors of words that we know, the doubts about their functions and productivity go already vanishing. It begins to like us and, frankly, from the version 2.5.2, we have used it with so much frequency that, the truth, we begin to look with suspicions and certain contempt to MS Office Word 2003 and OpenOffice 2.4, too.
AbiWord 2.6.3 confirms, for example, that the .odt - more compressed than that of OpenOffice - it is now the best alternative before the classic compressed .rtf.
The new design of the logo, the splash and the icons of the .exe ones are among the most excellent characteristics in AbiWord.
Equally, if you prefer it, now it can install it in the pendrive like a portable one.
Something more, it has substantially improved the speed of opening of files and the plugin impexp that it allows it to try efficiently with such formats as pdb, doc/dot, wp/wpd, .602, OpenXML, etc.
It is still pending its great problem: To be on the edge of an infarction, rallentando to the system and excessively committing the RAM and to the processor, when it has to open bigger files to the 250 KB. We have trust that this will be overcome when the version 3 - in which good people of AbiSource are already working - arrives us.
by: Dr. Nemo | 4 | 2008-05-13 | | | | "Excellent!"
Works under XP with win 98 word files, something Microsoft XP fails miserably on.
Like all the other bloatware produced by MS usually does.
Have noticed opensource seems to work when MS fails.... Are opensource authors smarter? Or is MS trying to build their empire on greed and control?
by: Junk Buster | 5 | 2008-05-05 | | | | "good for home use"
good for home use and lets face it, its free. microsoft is bloated compared to this and its a good alternative.
by: hoppy | 4 | 2008-04-24 | | | | "very slow"
I found that it had most features i needed, but when working on a 44 page document was slow
by: cheap | 3 | 2008-04-16 | | | | "Great!"
This software is really great and fulfills all your needs for everyday letter writing! Good alternative to bloated office packages.
by: Wohlduftende Muschi | 5 | 2008-04-03 | | | | "Great program!"
i loved this program! does not take alot of diskspace and is quite stable! recomended to anybody wishing a word processor and does not want all the microsoft mumbo-jumbo.
by: Neogs | 5 | 2008-02-02 | | | | "works great"
I have Office 2003 that takes a lot of disc space for programs I never use, access, exell, etc. I tried abiword and love it!! I does everything I need!
by: roscoe | 5 | 2007-08-28 | | | | "usefull"
I use openoffice also, but this software is much faster en lighter!
When I have to change more documents this is my choice
by: joeres | 5 | 2007-08-21 | | | | "Ouch!"
The runt of the litter...but it'll work in a pinch.
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