AbiWord 2.8.1 for Linux is an application platform, which means it was designed to work seamlessly with any type of computers and operating systems.

Its main functions are:
-Basic Character Formatting (bold, underline, italics, etc.).
-Advanced Character Formatting (Superscript, Subscript, line spacing and paragraphs, etc.).
Paragraph-alignment and bleeding
-Labels (Left, Center, Right, Decimal)
-Columns (one, two or three)
-Lists
-Spell Checker
"It matters Word97/2000 documents and RTF, Palm, Psion," DocBook and XHTML
-Export to RTF, Palm, Psion, XHTML, Text, and LaTeX format
Interactive-Rules
-Styles
-Make and unlimited undo
-Find and Replace
-Images
-Fields (Page, Number, Date and Time)