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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. Need to compare? by kennycoder · · Score: 0, Troll

    Word if from Microsoft.. and M$ is tha best software company in the world. Take and example... windows, IE.. need more?

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