AbiWord 2.7.7 Beta

AbiSource Community - (Open Source)

AbiWord is a complete word processing software that offers all the tools necessary for text formatting.

AbiWord is a word processing software that works with most current text formats (RTF, DOC, HTML, ODT, etc.)

The application includes all the necessary tools for formatting the text: font style (bold, underline, italics, colors, size etc.), alignment, spell checker, unlimited undo re-number control multi-columns (two and three), search function, page numbering, import images, etc.

AbiWord is very light, so it is very fast and requires few resources. Even those who have an old computer have the possibility to use it. Its intuitive and user-friendly interface greatly facilitates its handling.

With this application some tasks like backup a file, can be automated to avoid loss of time and data. A spell checker is also available. Customizing the toolbar is also on the program and even more.

Title:: AbiWord 2.7.7 Beta
File Size:: 7.9 MB
Requirements:: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64 / Windows8 / Windows8 64
Language:: en-us
License:: Open Source
Date Added:: 17 Jul 2009
Publisher:: AbiSource Community
Homepage:: http://www.abisource.com
MD5 Checksum:: 776F4C5FE1A950F33F1472127B402B62

Core

* Bug 5822: Editing text under or next to an image darkens it (Martin Sevior)
* Bug 9434: Crash when editing Word document (Martin Sevior)
* Bug 12080: Disable smart quote conversions when undoing and pasting (Martin Sevior)
* Bug 12198: Crash when inserting a header (Martin Sevior)
* Bug 12202: Extra paragraphs are created when reopening files with annotations (Martin Sevior)
* Allow SVGs to be copied and pasted (Martin Sevior)
* Fix a crash when copying images (Martin Sevior)
* Retain width and height settings when generating images for positioned objects (Martin Sevior)

GUI

Cross-platform

* Bug 8307: Standardize shortcut keys for subscript, superscript, and zooming (Martin Sevior)
o Zoom in: Ctrl + =
o Zoom out: Ctrl + -
o Superscript: Ctrl + Shift + 6 (Ctrl + ^)
o Subscript: Ctrl + Shift + - (Ctrl + _)
* Bug 12187: Images aren't unselected properly (Martin Sevior)
* Speed up the text renderer used on Linux and Mac (Robert Wilhelm)

Windows

* Bug 11800: Bullets and numbering dialog can't be reopened (Marc Maurer)
* Bug 12169: Incorrect file extension used when saving an image (sum1)
* Bug 12189: Don't convert JPEGs to PNGs internally (Marc Maurer)
* Bug 12196: JPEGs are not displayed (Marc Maurer)
* Make the icons in the split cells and merge cells dialogs larger for easier use (Marc Maurer)

Import/Export

HTML

* Bug 12152: Export SVGs to HTML (Marc Maurer)
* Fix some crashes related to file names in the exporter (Marc Maurer)

Office Open XML (docx)

* Bug 12180: Exported documents that contain JPEGs cannot be opened by Word (Firat Kiyak)
* Handle white space between tags in the importer (Firat Kiyak)
* Import and export page size and page orientation (Firat Kiyak)
* Support mail merge fields in the importer and exporter (Firat Kiyak)

RTF

* Bug 12192: Add support for SVGs to the importer and exporter (Martin Sevior)

Installer

* Bug 12182: Package the math plug-in on Windows (Marc Maurer)
* Bug 12214: Readme file is no longer shown after installation (Ryan Pavlik)
* Standardize plug-in names in the installer (Ryan Pavlik)

Internationalization

* Update the Basque (eu-ES) translation (Mikel Pascual)
* Update the Slovak (sk-SK) translation (Jaroslav Rynik)
* Update the Slovenian (sl-SI) translation (Martin Srebotnjak)

Plug-ins

Collaboration

* Bug 12110: Add account dialog is not refreshed properly when changing account type (Marc Oude Kotte)
* Fix the X button in the collaboration accounts dialog (Marc Oude Kotte)

Development

Cross-platform

* Bug 12211: Add comments to explain unreached layout code (Martin Sevior)
* Bug 12216: Mismatched braces when using certain conditionals in the Word importer (Ryan Pavlik, Hubert Figuiere)
* Add support for implementing colors as patterns with the Cairo back-end (Hubert Figuiere)
* Fix some allocation mismatches in the WordPerfect and human-readable text plug-ins (Hubert Figuiere)
* Make sure the normal templates are always installed to prevent invalid margin settings (Marc Maurer)
* Make the Cairo rendering code more modular for non-GTK+ platforms (Hubert Figuiere)
* Release and maintain 2.7.7 (Marc Maurer)
* Remove obsolete developer documents from the source tree (Hubert Figuiere)

Windows

* Add the math plug-in to the VC++ build (Marc Maurer)
* Remove a duplicate line from the resource file for the join dialog in the collaboration plug-in (Marc Oude Kotte)