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Old 06-09-2010, 12:04 AM   #1
michaelinux
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how is abiword working nowadays?


hi, i was wondering how good is abiword right now for word processing? last time i tried it, it was really buggy and didn't work at all. but it was while ago, maybe one year and a half.
 
Old 06-09-2010, 12:07 AM   #2
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hi, i was wondering how good is abiword right now for word processing? last time i tried it, it was really buggy and didn't work at all. but it was while ago, maybe one year and a half.
It is fast and the best word processing, compared to openoffice.org.

On the other hand the problem is taht no one is developing much on it.
It is buggy for fonts and saving afterwards. You know linux is not as stable as a Mac OS for apps as always, it is like that. we are a small community
 
  


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