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Word Processing for Everyone

AbiWord. Word Processing for Everyone. www.abisource.com. What is AbiWord?. Open Source Word Processor. Collaboration Tool. What is AbiWord?. Open Source Word Processor. Open Source. The source code is available to the general public. Word Processor.

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Word Processing for Everyone

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  1. AbiWord Word Processing for Everyone www.abisource.com

  2. What is AbiWord? Open Source Word Processor Collaboration Tool

  3. What is AbiWord? Open Source Word Processor Open Source The source code is available to the general public. Word Processor A program that enables you to perform word processing functions.

  4. What is AbiWord? Collaboration Tool AbiWord allows you to write documents together with your friends in real time. Sharing of documents from AbiWord Online collaboration service found at www.abicollab.net

  5. What is AbiWord? Multi Platform AbiWord is available for Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris and others. This facilitates transition. Mac Linux Windows

  6. System Requirements Minimum Requirements needed to run AbiWord on different platforms: • Windows 2000 or later • Windows 95, 98 and ME only support versions which are 2.4.6 or lower • 486dx or better processor • GNU/Linux, BSD, Solaris (2.6, 7,8,9,10), AIX, HP/UX (10.20, 11.0), OSF/1, Tru64 • GTK+ 2.12 or newer • At least 16MB RAM • Mac OS X 10.2 or later • Currently the latest version of AbiWord for Mac OS X is 2.4.5 Mac Linux Windows

  7. File Formats Supported AbiWord supports these file formats: • AbiWord Document: abtw, awt, zabw • Microsoft Word: doc, dot • Rich Text Format: rtf • Text and Encoded Text: txt, text • HyperText: html, htm, xhtml • Applix Word: aw • AppleWorks: cwk • Docbook: dbk, xml • ISCII Text: isc, iscii • OpenOffice Writer: swt, sxw • Office Open XML: docx, dotx, docm, dotm • WordPerfect: wpd, wp

  8. Features - File Menu New | Open… Opens the New File dialog, allowing you to create a new file based on a template. Opens a dialog box to choose the file to open.

  9. Features - File Menu Save| Save As… This command opens the save dialog for saving the opened document. This option is grayed out if the file has not been altered since its last save. Opens a dialog box to save the open document under a different name, or as a different file type, or both.

  10. Features - File Menu Save Copy…| Revert This works just like "Save As...", except you continue editing the file under the original name.  This is good for saving backups of your document at composition milestones. Undoes all changes made since the document was last saved. They can be Redone by using Redo (on the Edit menu), or the Redo button on the toolbar.

  11. Features - File Menu Print… | Page Setup… Opens a dialog box to print the open document. Opens a dialog box to setup the Paper size, Orientation, Scale and Margins.

  12. Features - File Menu Properties… | Recent Files Opens the Properties dialog, which allows you to view and edit document metadata -- information about the document, such as the author's name. The Recent Files submenu provides shortcuts to the files you have most recently used within AbiWord. Selecting a file on this submenu opens that file.

  13. Features - File Menu Close | Quit If you have more than one AbiWord document open, this command closes the current document and its window. Closes all open documents and exits AbiWord.

  14. Features - Edit Menu Undo| Redo This command undoes an action. Every application of the Undo command undoes a single action, so to undo many actions you must apply it many times. Redo is the inverse of undo. It is only available when an action has been undone, and it redoes the most recently undone action. Like undo, it can be applied repeatedly to redo a large number of actions.

  15. Features - Edit Menu Cut| Copy Cut removes the selected text from the document and places it on the clipboard. This replaces any text previously placed on the clipboard. The formatting of the text is retained, as well as its content. Copy puts the selected text onto the clipboard, but does not remove it from the document.

  16. Features - Edit Menu Paste| Paste Unformatted Paste adds the text on the clipboard to the document. If there is no text selected in the current document, the text is added as if it had been typed at the insertion point. This command pastes the text on the clipboard into the document, but does not paste its formatting. The pasted text takes on the formatting of the surrounding or preceding text.

  17. Features - Edit Menu Clear| Select All Clear deletes the selected text. This command selects the whole document.

  18. Features - Edit Menu Find… | Replace… Find allows you to find a search string within a document. Selecting this command calls up the Find dialog. Replace allows you search for occurrences of a search string in your document and replace it with a replacement string. Selecting this command calls up the Replace dialog.

  19. Features - Edit Menu Go To… This command allows you to move rapidly through a document. Selecting it calls up the Go To dialog. 'Page' moves you to the top of a page, while 'Line' moves you to the beginning of a line. 'Bookmark' takes you to a previously defined bookmark 

  20. Features - View Menu Normal Layout In this type of layout you will see only your content inside the document.

  21. Features - View Menu Web Layout This type of layout is the same as the Normal Layout however it doesn’t use a ruler.

  22. Features - View Menu Print Layout In this type of layout you will have your document on pages to show how they will be printed.

  23. Features - View Menu In Web Browser Layout When you click this layout it will automatically load your content in your default internet browser.

  24. Features - View Menu Show Ruler | Show Status Bar Selecting this option changes whether or not the rulers are displayed. Choosing this option changes whether the status bar at the bottom of the window is displayed.

  25. Features - View Menu Enable Formatting Tools | Show Formatting Marks If this option is checked, you can set the formatting of text from the toolbars or menus. If it is not checked, you can only change the formatting by applying styles. If this option is selected, formatting and other invisible characters are displayed on screen.

  26. Features - View Menu Full Screen | Zoom If this option is selected, the rulers, toolbars, and status bars are all hidden. The zoom submenu allows you to set your document's zoom. The zoom of your view is the magnification at which your document is displayed on your screen.

  27. Features - Insert Menu Break | Page Numbers… This command opens the Break dialog, which allows you to insert page, column, and section breaks. This command opens the Page Numbers dialog, allowing you to insert automatically calculated page numbers into your document's header or footer.

  28. Features - Insert Menu Date and Time… | Field… This opens the Date and Time dialog, which allows you to insert fields showing the current date and time into your document. The Field dialog allows you to insert any field defined in AbiWord into your document. Fields are entities which automatically update their values.

  29. Features - Insert Menu Bookmark… | Hyperlink… Opens the Insert Bookmark dialog, which allows you to insert a named, invisible marker into your document. You can create hyperlinks to bookmarks, and go to them from the Go To dialog. Opens the Insert Hyperlink dialog. If you click on a hyperlink, you are taken to either another part of the document, or to another document or website. Hyperlinks are displayed in blue, underlined text.

  30. Features - Insert Menu Mail Merge Field… | File… Mail merge allows you to insert information from one document, the mail merge source, into another document. Mail merge fields determine which information is inserted, and where. Inserts the contents of a file into the open document. This command opens the Insert File dialog, which works the same as the normal Open File dialog.

  31. Features - Insert Menu Picture… | Direction Marker This command opens an 'Insert Picture' dialog, which works like an Open dialog. You can open any png or bmp files you have, and insert them in your document at the insertion point. This sub-menu allows you to insert Unicode direction markers LRM and RLM to control ordering of text.

  32. Features - Format Menu Font… | Paragraph… This command opens the font dialog, which allows you to change the appearance of individual characters. The Paragraph command opens the paragraph dialog, which allows you to change the appearance of whole paragraphs.

  33. Features - Format Menu Bullets and Numbering… | Table… This command allows you to create various kinds of automatic list within your document. Each list uses a different style for the items within it. Within a list, press return to end one item and start the next. This will pop up a window which will ask you for the details to create a table with a number of rows and columns.

  34. Features - Format Menu Columns… | Tabs… The columns dialog allows you to set the number of newspaper-style columns in your document. The tabs dialog allows you to set the position and type of tab stops.

  35. Features - Format Menu Page Numbers… | Text Box… This dialog will enable you to dynamically print the page number of each into the header or the footer section. This command opens the Text Box format dialog, allowing you to change the appearance and behavior of a text box.

  36. Features - Format Menu Header/Footers… | Footnotes/Endnotes… This dialog allows you to set headers and footers to be different on different pages, and to start page numbering at a set number in a section. • This command opens the Format Footnotes and Endnotes dialog. • Footnotes are notes that appear at the bottom of the page, under the section of text to which they refer. • Endnotes are notes gathered at the end of the document or part of the document. 

  37. Features - Format Menu Table of Contents… | Change Case… This command opens the Table of Contents dialog, allowing you to change the appearance and behavior of a Table of Contents. The Change Case dialog affects the selected text, if any. If there is no text selected, the option is grayed out in the Format menu and not available.

  38. Features - Format Menu Text Formatting | Create and Modify Styles This allows you to modify the text selected. The options in this sub menu can be turned on and off by selecting the check boxes next to them. The Styles dialog allows you to create, modify, and delete styles in your AbiWord document. 

  39. Features - Tools Menu Check Spelling… | Set Language… This command starts a spell check on your document. You manage a spell check from the spelling dialog. This command opens the Language dialog, and allows you to change the dictionaries that AbiWord uses to check the selected text. You can also use this command to change the language setting from the insertion point onward.

  40. Features - Tools Menu Word Count… | Stylist… This command opens the Word Count dialog, and counts the words in your document. This command enables you to stylize your content. In the “Styles” list there are some styles which you can open and apply them to a selected text inside the active document.

  41. Features - Tools Menu Document Show History | Annotations This command is used to see the history of your document. Note that in order to keep history of a document you need to select the “Maintain Full History”. This command is used to create annotations to words. An annotation is a note to better describe the word/s.

  42. Features - Tools Menu Plugins… | Preferences… This command opens the plugin manager. Plugins are small programs which provide additional functions for AbiWord. Since all functions use disk and memory space, plugins allow you to select the ones that you need and remove the rest. Your preferences define the ways in which you want AbiWord to operate. This command opens the preferences dialog, allowing you to alter your preferences. Preferences apply to the whole application, not just to the current document.

  43. Features - Table Menu Insert | Delete • Insert • Table... - Opens the Insert Table dialog. • Columns Left/Right - Inserts columns to the left or right of the selected column or columns. • Rows Above/Below - Inserts rows above or below the selected row or rows. • Sum a Row/Column - adds the numbers which are in that same row or column accordingly to what you have selected • Delete • Table • Deletes the current table. • Column • Deletes the column containing the insertion point. • Row • Deletes the row containing the insertion point.

  44. Features - Table Menu Table… | Merge Cells… This command opens the Format Table dialog. This allows you to change the appearance of your tables. You can set the borders of the table and cells, and the background color. • This dialog allows you to merge the cells in a table. • Merge Left -Merge the current cell with the one to its left. • Merge Right - Merge the current cell with the one to its right. • Merge Above - Merge the current cell with the one above it. • Merge Below - Merge the current cell with the one below it.

  45. Features - Collaborate Menu Accounts… | Share Document… This command opens the Collaboration Accounts dialog. This allows you create an AbiCollab.net account so you can begin sharing your documents with friends. This command opens the Share Document dialog. Here you will be able to select your account, and see the list of buddies you have from where you will be able to select the buddies you would like to share your document with.

  46. Features - Collaborate Menu Open Shared Document… This command opens the Open Shared Document dialog. Here you will see a list of people you are sharing files with together with their respective shared documents. You can also add other friends to your sharing. Clicking “Open” will load the file from AbiCollab.net and open it in your AbiWord.

  47. End For more in depth help please consult the AbiWord User Manual or the official AbiWord website. www.abisource.com

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