Software Update: AbiWord 2.8.2

The AbiSource community has released version 2.8.2 of AbiWord. AbiWord is an open source word processor for Windows and Linux. Execution for Mac OS X is slightly behind and is now on version 2.4.5. 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.

A lot has changed in version 2.8. For example, collaboration, working on a document with several people, has been improved. In addition, comments can now be added, multiple pages can be displayed on the screen and there is support for Scalable Vector Graphics, which makes images look a lot better. Furthermore, support for the OpenDocument and Office Open XML format has been improved and the print area has been updated. In version 2.8.2, the following improvements have also been made:

This release includes the following changes (and more!):

• Fix German smart quote support
• Fix landscape printing on GTK+ platforms
• Improved OpenDocument compatibility

The full changelog can be found here.