Most people think of Microsoft Word when it comes to word processing, but the
software can be pretty expensive if it doesn't come as default. Try an
alternative like *AbiWord*. AbiWord can read and write all standard industry
document formats, ranging from open source efforts such as those created in
OpenOffice, to those created in commercial apps such as Microsoft Word. It
also features support for WordPerfect documents, Rich Text format documents,
HTML web pages etc. Although AbiWord's editing options can't compare with
Word, we like the fact that it is *a very light word processor* that doesn't
take up much more processing power than even Text. This makes it especially
suitable for those working on slower machines that don't have a decent word
processor installed. What's also nice is that AbiWord is *fully customizable*
with several different plugins to extend its capabilities. These can vary
from format converters, document importers and thesauruses to image importers
and a text format manager. *AbiWord may be basic but it's generally an
impressive word processing app that has everything you need to edit simple
documents.*Download *AbiWord 2.9.4 Development* in Softonic
