Writer has everything you would expect from a modern, fully equipped word processor or desktop publisher. It's simple enough for a quick memo, powerful enough to create complete books with contents, diagrams, indexes, etc. You're free to concentrate on your message - while Writer makes it look great. An Open Source Flagship Application!
Create basic documents from scratch right inside your web-browser without ever having to download any extra software. You can easily do all the basics, including making bulleted lists, sorting by columns, adding tables, images, comments, formulas, changing fonts and more. You can also upload your existing files, Google Docs accepts most popular file formats, including DOC, XLS, ODT, ODS, RTF, CSV, PPT, etc. Additionally you can save documents directly to your Gmail storage and access them from any computer.
AbiWord is an modern word processor capable of meeting the majority of users needs. It is capable of opening and saving documents in many different formats, including Microsoft .doc files. The unique feature of AbiWord is that saved documents are written in plainly readable text with XML markup, making it possible to use any text editor to view AbiWord documents.
KWord is a FrameMaker-like word processing and desktop publishing application for KDE . KWord is capable of creating demanding and professional looking documents. It can be used for desktop publishing, but also for "normal" word processing, like writing letters, reports and so on.
Writer has everything you would expect from a modern, fully equipped word processor or desktop publisher. It's simple enough for a quick memo, powerful enough to create complete books with contents, diagrams, indexes, etc. You're free to concentrate on your message - while Writer makes it look great. An Open Source Flagship Application!
Create basic documents from scratch right inside your web-browser without ever having to download any extra software. You can easily do all the basics, including making bulleted lists, sorting by columns, adding tables, images, comments, formulas, changing fonts and more. You can also upload your existing files, Google Docs accepts most popular file formats, including DOC, XLS, ODT, ODS, RTF, CSV, PPT, etc. Additionally you can save documents directly to your Gmail storage and access them from any computer. 
AbiWord is an modern word processor capable of meeting the majority of users needs. It is capable of opening and saving documents in many different formats, including Microsoft .doc files. The unique feature of AbiWord is that saved documents are written in plainly readable text with XML markup, making it possible to use any text editor to view AbiWord documents. 
KWord is a FrameMaker-like word processing and desktop publishing application for KDE . KWord is capable of creating demanding and professional looking documents. It can be used for desktop publishing, but also for "normal" word processing, like writing letters, reports and so on. 
