AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft® Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks. AbiWord's feature set includes most everything one would expect in a modern word processor, plus numerous ground-breaking and advanced features allowing it to compete with many proprietary word processors successfully. A short list of features includes:

1.  A familiar interface
2.  Outstanding file import and export, with support for MS Word, WordPerfect, and more
3.  Unlimited undo and redo capacity
4.  Solid (X)HTML export, with CSS styles support
5.  Images
6.  Spelling support, with optional underlining
7.  Bullets and Lists
8.  Styles
9. Table of Contents generation and customization through the Stylist
10. Complete, intuitive revisions-tracking support
11. Nested tables support, nearly unmatched in the field
12. Mail merge
13. Bidirectional text support
14. Command-line and server use modes for document processing capabilities

Useful Links:

• AbiWord Home Page
• AbiWord Tour
  
• AbiWord Download Page