AbiWord vs. MS Word, For Now

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday September 1, 2004 @01:51AM 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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How about OpenOffice? by jumex · 2004-09-01 02:06 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Why not try OpenOffice? http://www.openoffice.org/

It is a solid applications suite, and offers a good replacement to MS Office, in my opinion.

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Re:BIG SIGH by caitsith01 · 2004-09-01 02:24 · Score: 1, Offtopic

So you're up all night drinking and the best thing you can think of to do is post about grammar on a computer geek website?

They aren't kidding when they say 'news for nerds', are they?

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