AbiWord - Another interesting word processor

AbiWord is a lightweight word processor that perfectly integrates with any operating system, let it be Linux, Windows or Solaris etc. using this one can write all industry standard document types like Microsoft word, open office, HTML, rich text etc. AbiWord's spell checker have dictionaries built for over 30 languages including right-to-left languages like Arabic, Hebrew etc.

AbiWord is very small program provided with a rich set plugins.

How to install AbiWord in your Ubuntu machine: Open synaptic and search for abiword. Right click and click on mark for installation and then click apply in your package manager. It might sometimes ask for the installation of extra plug-ins, click apply and sit back.



AbiWord's interface looks like below:



Multiple people can collaborate a single document at the same time by logging into AbiCollab.net. You can share documents very easily in AbiCollab.net and we can perform various format conversions in seconds. A screen shot is available below:



 

There are many other supported formats lik HTML, OpenDocument etc.