<s>
AbiWord	B-Language
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
since	O
version	O
3	O
it	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
GTK+	B-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
AbiWord	B-Language
"	O
is	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
root	O
of	O
the	O
Spanish	O
word	O
"	O
abierto	O
"	O
,	O
meaning	O
"	O
open	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AbiWord	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
started	O
by	O
SourceGear	O
Corporation	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
proposed	O
AbiSuite	O
but	O
was	O
adopted	O
by	O
open	O
source	O
developers	O
after	O
SourceGear	O
changed	O
its	O
business	O
focus	O
and	O
ceased	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
now	O
runs	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
ReactOS	B-Application
,	O
Solaris	O
,	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4.0	O
(	O
through	O
its	O
Cygwin	B-Language
X11	B-Operating_System
engine	O
)	O
,	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
(	O
on	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
smartphone	O
)	O
,	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
(	O
on	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Language
N810	I-Language
)	O
,	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
and	O
other	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
has	O
ended	O
due	O
to	O
lack	O
of	O
maintainers	O
(	O
the	O
latest	O
released	O
versions	O
are	O
2.8.6	O
and	O
2.9.4	O
beta	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
macOS	B-Application
port	O
has	O
remained	O
on	O
version	O
2.4	O
since	O
2005	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
current	O
version	O
does	O
run	O
non-natively	O
on	O
macOS	B-Application
through	O
XQuartz	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
AbiWord	B-Language
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
AbiSource	B-Language
project	O
which	O
develops	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
office-related	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Abiword	B-Language
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
rare	O
text	O
processing	O
software	O
which	O
allows	O
local	O
users	O
to	O
edit	O
simultaneously	O
a	O
same	O
shared	O
document	O
in	O
a	O
local	O
network	O
,	O
without	O
the	O
requirement	O
of	O
an	O
Internet	O
connection	O
,	O
since	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AbiWord	B-Language
supports	O
both	O
basic	O
word	O
processing	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
lists	O
,	O
indents	O
and	O
character	O
formats	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
features	O
including	O
tables	O
,	O
styles	O
,	O
page	O
headers	O
and	O
footers	O
,	O
footnotes	O
,	O
templates	O
,	O
multiple	O
views	O
,	O
page	O
columns	O
,	O
spell	B-Application
checking	I-Application
,	O
and	O
grammar	B-Application
checking	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
2.8.0	O
,	O
AbiWord	B-Language
includes	O
a	O
collaboration	B-Application
plugin	O
that	O
allows	O
integration	O
with	O
AbiCollab.net,	O
a	O
Web-based	O
service	O
that	O
permits	O
multiple	O
users	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
document	O
in	B-Application
real	I-Application
time	I-Application
,	O
in	O
full	O
synchronization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Presentation	O
view	O
of	O
AbiWord	B-Language
,	O
which	O
permits	O
easy	O
display	O
of	O
presentations	O
created	O
in	O
AbiWord	B-Language
on	O
"	O
screen-sized	O
"	O
pages	O
,	O
is	O
another	O
feature	O
not	O
often	O
found	O
in	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
AbiWord	B-Language
generally	O
works	O
similarly	O
to	O
classic	O
versions	O
(	O
pre-Office	O
2007	O
)	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
,	O
as	O
direct	O
ease	O
of	O
migration	O
was	O
a	O
high	O
priority	O
early	O
goal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AbiWord	B-Language
comes	O
with	O
several	O
import	O
and	O
export	O
filters	O
providing	O
a	O
partial	O
support	O
for	O
such	O
formats	O
as	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
(	O
.doc	O
)	O
,	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
(	O
.docx	O
)	O
,	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
Text	I-Application
(	O
.odt	O
)	O
,	O
Rich	O
Text	O
Format	O
(	O
.rtf	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
text	O
documents	O
(	O
.txt	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LaTeX	B-Application
is	O
supported	O
for	O
export	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plug-in	O
filters	O
are	O
available	O
to	O
deal	O
with	O
many	O
other	O
formats	O
,	O
notably	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
native	O
file	O
format	O
,	O
.abw	O
,	O
uses	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
so	O
as	O
to	O
mitigate	O
vendor	O
lock-in	O
concerns	O
with	O
respect	O
to	O
interoperability	O
and	O
digital	O
archiving	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AbiWord	B-Language
project	O
includes	O
a	O
US	O
English-only	O
grammar	B-Application
checking	I-Application
plugin	O
using	O
Link	B-General_Concept
Grammar	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
AbiWord	B-Language
had	O
grammar	B-Application
checking	I-Application
before	O
any	O
other	O
open	O
source	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
although	O
a	O
grammar	B-Application
checker	I-Application
was	O
later	O
added	O
to	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Link	B-General_Concept
Grammar	I-General_Concept
is	O
both	O
a	O
theory	O
of	O
syntax	O
and	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
parser	O
which	O
is	O
now	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
AbiWord	B-Language
project	O
.	O
</s>
