AbiWord Portable 2.4.6 Revision 2 Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on February 22, 2008 - 2:18pm

AbiWord logoAbiWord Portable 2.4.6 Revision 2 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 Portable to PortableApps.com Format with an improved installer and launcher, adds portable support for recent documents, better registry handling and is now digitally signed. 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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Features

abiword_portable_small.pngAbiWord Portable is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft Word. It is suitable for a variety of word processing activities and has the ability to read and write a number of document types including Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, Open Document (pre-installed), RTF, HTML, Palm 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 Portable to the current PortableApps.com Format, features an improved PortableApps.com Installer, adds portablization of AbiWord's most recently used files list, has improved registry handling and is now digitally signed to ensure integrity.

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.

Download

AbiWord Portable is available for immediate download from the AbiWord Portable homepage. Get it today!

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Simeon's picture

Another zip installer got replaced Smile
Works clean&fine.
Thanks John.

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