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Can't get Portable Abiword to work after installing WordPerfect Import plug-in

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on April 21, 2006 - 2:36am

When I try to open the program after installing the plugin, I get an error msg saying that "AbiWord.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close."

I followed plugin installation instructions at https://portableapps.com/support/portable_abiword#plugins.

Without plugin, Abiword works fine. I'm running it on a Memorex 512 U3 USB drive.

AbiWord: Source

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on April 14, 2006 - 2:20am

The webpage for Portable AbiWord says it's GPLd, and the download includes a copy of the GPL. Where is the source for it? Pointing me at the main AbiWord website does not suffice.

AbiWord: Open Office compatibility

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 28, 2006 - 10:25am

The blurb for AbiWord says:

Portable AbiWord ... has the ability to read and write a number of document types including Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, OpenOffice.org, RTF, HTML, Palm and more.

I've downloaded it, and it doesn't seem to recognise .odt as an extension. I've tried using "open with" on a .odt file, and also selecting "all files" from the "open" menu in AbiWord itself, but both times it just made it crash. How do you make it open .odt files, if it really can? That's what I've downloaded it for.

Thanks!

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