AbiWord – Super Simple Processing
I like to try to keep things simple. You might have noticed that trend by some of the products I’ve reviewed (on this or other sites), or maybe you haven’t, but the I’m of the belief that the less clutter on my computer the better. Same is true with individual pieces of software; I don’t need every feature geek-kind ever thought of, especially with something as seemingly simple as a word processor. I love OpenOffice, and it’s incredible software for when I really need to do some complicated work and need it’s advanced features, but it is a bit cumbersome for doing simple things like spell checking this article.
So I bring you AbiWord. AbiWord is just a very plain, simple, no frills, easy to use word processor. That’s it. I type things, it tells me when I spell something wrong, and will count my words for me when I’m done. It uses a minuscule amount of system resources, creates files that can be opened and modified in another office suite should the document need some extra tweaking later on, and it can be installed on all kinds of operating systems, some of which I’ve never even heard of. Also, like most software I’ll review, it’s open source and completely free of charge.
AbiWord is an absolute no-brainer to recommend; it does what it’s supposed to do, does it very well, and does it for free. Think of this as a replacement for WordPad; it loads almost as fast, and has spell checking abilities. Give it a try, I think you’ll like it!
–Jeremy Hobbs
March 31st, 2008 at 3:07 pm
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