Ubuntu For Non-Geeks, 3rd Edition

Word Processing Done Lightly with AbiWord

If OpenOffice.org's Writer is a bit more powerful than what you need for your everyday word processing chores, and you would prefer something that pops up as soon as you click the launcher, then you might want to consider giving another word processor, AbiWord, a try (Figure 13-8).

AbiWord has a very straightforward and easy-to-use interface, which you should be able to figure out without much, if any, help. It also has a couple of rather interesting features, such as its auto-resize function, which magnifies the onscreen document size (fonts, images, and everything) or shrinks it as you increase or decrease the size of the program window. And in case you're wondering, AbiWord can save and read Microsoft ...