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AbiWord vs. MS Word, For Now

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the abiword-is-an-unsung-hero dept.

Gsurface writes "If you have decided that it is time to kill MS Word, then it is time to look for an alternative. Flexbeta.net compares AbiWord, part of a larger project known as AbiSource, with MS Word and asks: is AbiWord a worthy MS Word replacement? Not to ruin the ending but according to the article the only draw back to AbiWord is that it currently does not feature a grammar checker, though a plug-in is in the works." (Also on this front, AbiWord's native Mac OS X version is labeled experimental, but seems to work very nicely.)

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  1. Are grammer checkers that important? by weeboo0104 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't have a problem with abiword not having a grammer checker, It's unpossible to add-in every function that everybody would want right off the bat there. It's not like I ever used those grammer check things anyways.

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  2. What about outlines? by bman08 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Just last week I put Word, Abiword and Ooffice head to head on outlining a project. All I want is simple, collapsible outlines that I can easily modify and are labeled I., A., 1., a., etc...

    The result... nobody wins. Word comes closest, but I still spent so much time wrestling with the software that I just grabbed a piece of paper and got my work done in record time. (course it was way harder to email)