AbiWord is a lightweight word processor. Includes support for tables, images, equations, English language thesaurus, link grammar, spell check, mail merge, etc. Drawn from a cross-platform code base, the program can open and save to a wide variety of file types including Word (.doc and .docx files), OpenOffice, and many more. Online help documention can be found here.
AbiWord Portable is a wrapper from PortableApps.com. 2.9.4 is the last Windows version, which AbiSource released in 2012.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch AbiWordPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | LibreOffice (Writer) |
What's new? |
Changes from the 2.9.x development releases posted at: https://web.archive.org/web/20140411034957/https://abisource.com/release-notes/3.0.0.phtml |
Version 2.9.1 is available at sourceforge:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/portableapps/files/AbiWord%20Portable/Additional%20Versions/AbiWordPortableTest_2.9.1.paf.exe/download?_test=crossmerch
Sorry for posting this here.
This website is not really easy to navigate.
I can't find page for submitting notifications of updates or new products. It could be useful to have a direct link for submissions in the home page.
V2.8.6
darkest: Abiword's image support isn't great. I recommend SoftMaker Office (http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1463).
Hello " darkest". I got the same problem. There was same changes between v.2.86 and v.2.6.8.
On my pc AbiWord_Portable_2.6.8_MultiLang.paf works like it suppose to.
This is no good if it opens the files odt or doc it doesn't open them correct or without pictures. I prefer openoffice it isn't that fast, but it works good.
I actually prefer this to Tomahawk because a) it supports .doc files, and b) my Linux dev (Puppy) uses it.
The new version 2.6.5 do not work with WinME. If you have WinME you must use the older version 2.4.6. So if you think you have to use your portable AbiWord on a Windows ME machine, be sure you get version 2.4.6.
Why it does not have Print Preview? Operating on tables is unstable. Probably it cannot make a table outlining invisible which I use some time when I try to manage document outlook.
Grammar Checking Doesn't Work For For Me Either but spell checking does.
I'd like to like this app, if it weren't that each version has been randomly crashing so far on windows on my XP box. I'm currently running openoffice and would like to switch to something more lightweight and simple. But whenever i try a current abiword or gnumeric version, i get the same experience: instability and unreliability.
juvera: 2.9.1 is a development test, not a stable release. That's why PortableApps.com has the 2.8.x version listed as primary and then 2.9.x as a test for users to try out. PortableFreeware.com doesn't list development tests.
V2.8.6