AbiWord Portable v2.8.6 Rev 3 Updated
Stephen Leibowitz on 29 Jan 2024 Change history
- 16MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 12 Mar 2014
- Suggested by Barrette
AbiWord is a fast, basic word processor with live collaboration capabilities and broad file support. Includes support for tables, images, equations, fonts, paragraph settings, print options, 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. Includes writing collaboration with other AbiWord users over the internet using a direct IP connection. Online help documention can be found here.
AbiWord Portable is from PortableApps.com. X-AbiWord is also available. These two version 2.8.6 packages omitted grammar and other plugins. A package for AbiWord 2.9.2 has all the plugins and can be found here.
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| Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | No |
| 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? |
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14 comments on AbiWord Portable
juvera
2011-11-12 14:21
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
webfork
2011-01-10 21:57
darkest: Abiword's image support isn't great. I recommend SoftMaker Office (http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1463).
Midtones
2011-01-10 16:21
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.
darkest
2010-11-05 19:58
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.
KingMudkip
2009-10-18 15:53
I actually prefer this to Tomahawk because a) it supports .doc files, and b) my Linux dev (Puppy) uses it.
Torben
2008-12-08 05:33
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.
k1976
2008-12-07 04:00
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.
a
2008-09-15 09:23
Grammar Checking Doesn't Work For For Me Either but spell checking does.
Lyx
2008-09-13 03:43
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