AbiWord is a powerful word processor with all the features of conventional processors: easy to use, very light and it only uses a few system resources.
AbiWord is a real alternative to other pay text processors; it comes with all the most important functions that most users need like spellcheck, column layout, basic fonts, etc.
AbiWord is a complete WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) open code multiplatform editor under the GNU-GPL licence whose most outstanding features include low use of resources. You can also use it with other applications without any great loss in performance.
Main features:
- Low use of resources;
- Text and column image layout;
- Real-time spellcheck;
- On-demand spellcheck;
- Text styles;
- GNU-GPL licence;
- Fast, easy and clean installation.