AbiWord installation in Mageia Linux 1 and Windows Vista. Creating abiword.abw document and saving it with .doc and .pdf extentions in Linux. Using Microsoft Word 2007 and Adobe Reader for Windows for opening files created in Linux.

1. AbiWord Word Processor Abstract * AbiWord installation in Mageia Linux 1 * Creating and saving Abiword document abiword.abw * Saving the document as abiword.doc * Opening abiword.doc file with Microsoft Word 2007 * Saving the document as abiword.pdf * Opening abiword.pdf file with Adobe Reader for Windows Appendics * AbiWord installation in Windows Vista (slides 25-29) * AbiWord files in Windows Explorer (slides 30-32)

3. Make sure you have Mageia online repositories enabled.

4. Mageia1: switching to Mageia Linux online repositories video presentation on youtube.

6. Enter root pasword

7. Mageia Control Center is openinig

8. AbiWord Installation – MCC; Software Management

9. AbiWord Installation – MCC; Install & Remove Software

10. AbiWord Installation – Find abiword

12. Click OK and installation starts.

13. AbiWord for x86_64 architecture is installed

15. Click AbiWord to start it.

16. AbiWord for Linux started

18. Click Save As...

20. Default folder is user's home folder - user

22. By default, full file name is abiword.abw

23. abiword.abw in Linux File Manager

25. Read more about .abw file extension on about.com

27. You have to select Save File to download it

28. The simplest way to open the file in Windows OS is to install AbiWord for Windows (see slides 25-29)

30. Choosing Save file as type: Microsoft Word (.doc) save file as abiword.doc

31. Abiword.doc is online on box.com

33. Microsoft Word may be used for opening the file if it is installed

34. Opening abiword.doc file with Microsoft Word 2007

36. You can see the file on box.com

38. Adobe Reader may be used for opening the file

39. Opening abiword.pdf with Adobe Reader

40. AbiWord files in Linux File Manager

42. More about LibreOffice on wikipedia

43. Operating systems used: Mageia Linux 1 and Windows Vista

44. Software used: AbiWord, Adobe Reader, GIMP, Paint, Microsoft Word 2007, and scrot

45. Stlouismug about AbiWord - click here

47. Click download link on the website or here

48. The image on left shows the download page

50. The option is from Windows Vista. It may be different in different Windows version

52. Scanning for viruses... may or may not be performed on different computers

54. Click on Open starts installation process

55. You might need to enter administrator password

57. AbiWord is opening readme file when started (look at background)

58. abiword.abw file in Windows Explorer

59. abiword.doc file in Windows Explorer

60. abiword.pdf file in Windows Explorer