Abiword is a free word processing program just like Microsoft Word but the difference is you can have Abiword for free. It is very useful for typing papers, letters, reports, memo, etc.
Abiword able to read from all standard document type (also able to write into various file type) such as Microsoft word documenrs. oppenoffice document, WordPerfect, RTF, HTML, etc.
Features:
* Use tables, bullets, lists, images, footnotes, endnotes and styles to enhance the way your document looks.
* AbiWord is available in most common and many not-so-common languages.
* Built-in spelling checker. Dictionaries exist for over 30 languages.
* Supports right-to-left, left-to-right, and mixed-mode text.
* Mail Merge capabilities.
* A variety of plugins can be used to extend AbiWord´s functionality, ranging from Document Importers to a Thesaurus, Image Importers and a Text Summarizer.