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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!

AbiWord: Associating itself with .abw?

Submitted by Bruce Pascoe on February 15, 2006 - 6:43pm

Is there any way to get Portable AbiWord to stop automatically associating itself with .abw and .zabw files? I keep deleting the association, but it comes back every time I launch AbiWord. I don't particularly like the idea of having files associated with a transient application--especially since the drive letter of the USB drive may change over time, even on the same computer.

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