|The editor "AbiWord" is derived from the root of the Spanish word " abierto ", meaning "open". Development of a version for Microsoft Windows has temporarily ended due to lack of maintainers the latest released versions are 2.

AbiWord is part of the AbiSource project which develops a number of office-related technologies. The Presentation view of AbiWord, which permits easy display of presentations created in AbiWord on "screen-sized" editors, is another feature not often found in word editors. Interface[ text ] AbiWord generally works similarly to text versions pre-Office of Microsoft Wordas direct ease of migration was a high priority early goal.

While many interface similarities remain, AbiWord – text editor, cloning the Word interface is no longer a top priority. The interface is intended to follow user interface guidelines for each respective platform, AbiWord – text editor. LaTeX is supported AbiWord text AbiWord.

Plug-in filters are available to deal with texts other formats, notably WordPerfect documents. The native file format , AbiWord – text editor.

AbiWord had grammar checking before any other open source word AbiWord although a grammar checker was later added to OpenOffice.❷