Editing AbiWord (section)

==Features==
AbiWord supports both basic word processing features such as lists, indents and character formats, and more sophisticated features including tables, styles, page headers and footers, [[Note (typography)|footnotes]], templates, multiple views, page columns, [[spell checker|spell checking]], and [[grammar checker|grammar checking]].<ref name="grammar-check">{{cite web
 | url        = http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/15/1312216
 | title      = AbiWord beats OpenOffice to a Grammar Checker
 | date       = 2005-10-15
 | publisher  = [[Slashdot]]
 | quote      = The recently released AbiWord-2.4...is the first Free Word Processor to offer an integrated Grammar Checker
 | access-date = 2007-11-23}}</ref> The Presentation view of AbiWord, which permits easy display of presentations created in AbiWord on "screen-sized" pages, is another feature not often found in word processors.

===Interface===
AbiWord generally works similarly to classic versions (pre-Office 2007) of [[Microsoft Word]], as direct ease of migration was a high priority early goal. While many interface similarities remain, cloning the Word interface is no longer a top priority. The interface is intended to follow user interface guidelines for each respective platform.

===Collaboration===
AbiWord allows users to share and collaborate on documents in a similar manner to [[Google Docs]], using a system known as GOCollab.<ref>{{cite web
	| url = https://www.gnomejournal.org/article/31/gocollab----peer-to-peer-document-collaboration
	| title = GOCollab -- Peer to Peer Document Collaboration
	| date = 15 September 2005
	| website = The GNOME Journal
	| access-date = 21 February 2024
	| archive-date = 7 February 2006
	| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060207065538/https://www.gnomejournal.org/article/31/gocollab----peer-to-peer-document-collaboration
	| url-status = bot: unknown
	}}</ref> Users can collaborate using a varitety of different protocols including [[Transmission Control Protocol|TCP]] and [[XMPP]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Linutop news : Collaborative Editing with AbiWord|url=https://www.linutop.com/news/2009/02/09/collaborative-editing-with-abiword/|access-date=2024-02-21|website=www.linutop.com}}</ref> and formerly over AbiCollab.net, a web based service that facilitated collaboration between users.<ref>{{cite web
	| url = http://www.abisource.com/wiki/AbiCollab
	| title = AbiCollab
	| date = 14 February 2011
	| website = Abisource Wiki
	| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230307210304/http://www.abisource.com/wiki/AbiCollab
	| access-date = 21 February 2024 
| archive-date = 2023-03-07
	}}</ref>
===File formats===
AbiWord comes with several import and export filters providing partial support for such formats as [[HTML]], [[Microsoft Word]] (.doc), [[Office Open XML]] (.docx),<ref>{{cite web
 | url         = http://abisource.com/release-notes/2.6.0.phtml
 | title       = AbiWord v2.6.0 Released
 | publisher   = www.abisource.com
 | access-date  = 2008-03-24
 | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080401162119/http://abisource.com/release-notes/2.6.0.phtml
 | archive-date = 1 April 2008
 | url-status  = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | url         = http://www.abisource.com/changelogs/2.6.5.phtml
 | title       = AbiWord v2.6.5 Changelog
 | publisher   = www.abisource.com
 | access-date  = 2008-12-19
 | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20081217104337/http://www.abisource.com/changelogs/2.6.5.phtml
 | archive-date = 17 December 2008
 | url-status  = live}}</ref> [[OpenDocument|OpenDocument Text]] (.odt),<ref name="abiword">{{cite web
 |url             =http://www.abisource.com/release-notes/2.4.2.phtml
 |title            =Abiword 2.4.2 Release Notes.
 |work            =abisource.com
 |access-date    =2009-03-03
 |archive-date    =15 June 2009
 |archive-url    =https://web.archive.org/web/20090615201450/http://www.abisource.com/release-notes/2.4.2.phtml
 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Rich Text Format]] (.rtf), and [[Plain text|text document]]s (.txt). [[LaTeX]] is supported for export only. Plug-in filters are available to deal with many other formats, notably [[WordPerfect]] documents. The native [[file format]], .abw, uses [[XML]], so as to mitigate [[vendor lock-in]] concerns with respect to interoperability and [[digital archiving]].

===Grammar checking===
The AbiWord project includes a US English-only grammar checking plugin using [[Link Grammar]]. AbiWord had grammar checking before any other open source word processor, although a grammar checker was later added to [[OpenOffice.org]].<ref name="grammar-check" /> Link Grammar is both a theory of syntax and an open source parser which is now developed by the AbiWord project.