AbiWord Portable 2.8.1 Rev 2 Released

AbiWord logo AbiWord Portable 2.8.1 has been released. AbiWord Portable is the lightweight AbiWord word processor packaged as a portable app, so you can edit your documents on the go. This new release updates AbiWord to the latest release and improves Windows 7 support. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format for easy use from any portable device and integration with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

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Revision 2: Revision 2 fixes an issue where some Windows XP machines would be unable to run AbiWord.

Features

AbiWord Portable is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft Word. It is suitable for a variety of word processing activities and supports a number of document types including Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, Open Document (OpenOffice.org), Office Open XML (MS Word 2007), RTF, HTML and more. It includes both grammar and spelling checkers as well as an array of other handy features including mail merge capabilities. It also has a plugin system allowing you to add features with available add-on plugins. Learn more about AbiWord...

New In This Release

This new release updates AbiWord to 2.8.1 (release notes) and improves Windows 7 support.

PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format

AbiWord Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Suite including the Menu and Backup Utility.