You would have to press shift + 0 on the numpad. And it was marked WONTFIX because it's not a bug; insert and overwrite modes are present in most word processors (AbiWord even changes the caret color to make this distinction even more clear).
Unfortunately, 2.2 doesn't have such a feature, however it has been requested (Bug 7342). Also,.doc exporting is exactly as you've described,.rtf with a.doc extension.
I think the readme says it's a "preview release," but yes the Cocoa port definitely has bugs (however development has been quite fast, with many previously reported issues having been squashed already).
The differences mainly stem from the way the packaging is done. The Windows executable automatically comes bundled with clipart and one plugin, while other packages are handled differently (hence the separate fedora core links).
As far as I know, you're the first person to report this. Would you mind filing a report in bugzilla and maybe attaching some screenshots? It would aid development, especially if you could help debug the problem (mainly by commenting on/answering followup questions in bugzilla). Thanks.
Unfortunately, the text folding portion of the Bullets and Numbering dialog hasn't been worked on for the win32 port. As for Gnumeric, there's an RC1 available from here. I'm not sure how far along it is though.
Numerous instances of text flickering have been fixed, but it's still not perfect. I'd recommend checking it out though (there/is/ a noticeable difference in 2.0's performance in this area and 2.2's).
That's understandable on Microsoft's part, but that doesn't mean all the Windows 95 installations (especially in poorer countries) will disappear as fast as the support.
Word count in AbiWord can use the selection of text or the whole document. Formula editing is being worked on in the ABIMATH branch (using gtkmathview), but may not be ready for 2.4.
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You would have to press shift + 0 on the numpad. And it was marked WONTFIX because it's not a bug; insert and overwrite modes are present in most word processors (AbiWord even changes the caret color to make this distinction even more clear).
Unfortunately, 2.2 doesn't have such a feature, however it has been requested (Bug 7342). Also, .doc exporting is exactly as you've described, .rtf with a .doc extension.
I think the readme says it's a "preview release," but yes the Cocoa port definitely has bugs (however development has been quite fast, with many previously reported issues having been squashed already).
It means it may be an issue with the spellchecking library and not AbiWord (it depends on which one you're using).
The differences mainly stem from the way the packaging is done. The Windows executable automatically comes bundled with clipart and one plugin, while other packages are handled differently (hence the separate fedora core links).
AbiWord relies on *spell (aspell, ispell, etc.) libraries for spellchecking rather than handling it "natively."
As far as I know, you're the first person to report this. Would you mind filing a report in bugzilla and maybe attaching some screenshots? It would aid development, especially if you could help debug the problem (mainly by commenting on/answering followup questions in bugzilla). Thanks.
Are you printing from the command line? (this sounds like Bug 7363, by the way)
Nope, not yet.
Yes, the win32 port of AbiWord uses native controls, not sure about Gnumeric though (I guess you could test it out yourself, with their win32 RC1).
Sure, Format > Header/Footers and choose 'Different header on first page' :).
AbiWord supports footnotes (and has since 2.0).
Unfortunately, the text folding portion of the Bullets and Numbering dialog hasn't been worked on for the win32 port. As for Gnumeric, there's an RC1 available from here. I'm not sure how far along it is though.
Er, by Carbon I meant Cocoa ;).
How about some more information than that? If crashes go unreported, how are they supposed to be fixed?
That request is in bugzilla, but you can still accomplish that functionality with continuous sections breaks before and after the text in columns.
Some of those issues are filed in bugzilla, but some aren't; it would be appreciated if you could add them there.
Known bug being actively worked on: Bug 7078
Numerous instances of text flickering have been fixed, but it's still not perfect. I'd recommend checking it out though (there /is/ a noticeable difference in 2.0's performance in this area and 2.2's).
The longer these issues are kept out of Bugzilla, the longer they persist (yes, that's a request for you to add them to Bugzilla ;))
That's understandable on Microsoft's part, but that doesn't mean all the Windows 95 installations (especially in poorer countries) will disappear as fast as the support.
The OpenWriter format is only supported through a (rudimentary, at this point) import/export plugin. AbiWord will probably never use the OASIS format.
I don't follow - because it's not free, it's irrelevant?
The Carbon port is very much still being worked on; it would be helpful if you filed these issues in BugZilla (some are already there).
Word count in AbiWord can use the selection of text or the whole document. Formula editing is being worked on in the ABIMATH branch (using gtkmathview), but may not be ready for 2.4.