Abisource.com Reviews
Newest Review: ... is 2.8.6) is available. The aforementioned size of the Windows version should give you a clue as to why you might want to use Abiword over the undeniably more capable OpenOffice Writer: the larger program has all sorts of bells and whistles, and is not an application I'd want to be without, but it is a considerable resource hog in both disk space and memory terms. Abiword is a much simpler program, and in its base form does not even include a spelling dictionary as standard, though dictionaries for a number of languages are available on the Abisource site, at least for Windows; Linux users may need to use their repositories to install as... more
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by - written on 18/06/10 (Very useful, 76 readings)
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First things first: this review concentrates on the Abiword word processor, the program which is Abisource's main product, rather than dwelling too much on the site itself, but I will mention the latter too. I requested its addition to Dooyoo as "Abiword" under the Software category, but for whatever reason it was placed in Internet Site, and I have to respect that. Therefore, I will try to cover both aspects as best I can. In a nutshell, Abiword is a free and open source word processor, available for both Windows and Linux. If you run the former, then you can download an installer simply and quickly (it's under 8 MB) from the cleanly designed and ... Read the complete review
