Download AbiWord 2.9.2

The developers behind AbiWord are developing the 2.9 industry and have now released version 2.9.2. AbiWord is an open source word processor for Windows and Linux. The implementation for Mac OS X has been stopped for two years, but is now being picked up again. The program is able to open and edit various document formats, including those from Microsoft Word, OpenOffice.org and WordPerfect, plus regular RTF documents. Furthermore, the functionality of AbiWord can be extended with plugins and dictionaries extensive.

In addition to the return of the Mac OS X version, the 2.9 series includes improved translation support, a separate 64-bit version for Windows, and paragraphs can be bordered and shaded. Detailed information about the improvements in the 2.9 branch can be found on this page are found, these are the release notes for version 2.9.2:

AbiWord v2.9.2 Released!

The AbiWord team joyfully announces AbiWord v2.9.2, the third snapshot of the development that will lead to AbiWord 3.0.

This snapshot allows interested developers, testers and users a sneak preview into the future of AbiWord.

The changes from v2.9.1 to v2.9.2 include, amongst others:

• Add double-buffering support for most of the drawing to reduce flickering
• Implement SVG snapshots for components when possible
• Port the GTK interface to GTK+3 (GTK+2 is still supported)
• Support loading plugins in the Mac OSX port
• Allow SPARQL Query execution on RDF metadata stored in documents

The full Changelog can be found here.