AbiWord- Better, Faster, Stronger, Portable, and FREE

AbiWord

Ok, well I’ll admit that it might not be stronger or better but as far as I’m concerned it is.  I want to start off with I dont use Microsoft Word anymore. I just dont. It takes forever to start it up, and alot of computers im working on doesn’t have it. Especially alot of public computers.  So I found this program a while back, that not only is ALOT smaller in file size to MS Word, but also looks and feels like MSword without the lengthy start up time and it can work directly from a flashdrive.  And theres one more thingy thats really great about it. Its open source, which means its completely free!

If your going to school (Highscool or College) then this is a must have.  You just load it onto a flashdrive, and then no matter what computer your at, you will always have the program and the files with no installation or altering the host computer.

Ontop of that, it can open, and save in Word format, so you can still work on old documents from when you still used Word, or if you need to send it or print it or what ever you can save it as a Word document.

The only real difference I think there is, is that AbiWord does not allow you to set Paragraph Spacing, and Im not sure what that is, but I think its when you can set the Distance between two paragraphs, less or more than the standered “return” space. So nobody really uses that feature anyway.

So, major features are:

• Free (open source code)
• Import and Export other file formats including Word Documents and Open Office Documents
• Light and Portable (fits onto a flash drive or ipod)
• Does everything MS Word Does

So yeah, Here are some links to download it now. And by the way, its my favorite portable app, and my most used.

Download the Portable Version for your Flash Drive Here

Official Site

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Just trust me on this, this is a MUST HAVE PROGRAM!

~3RR0R