AbiWord
 

Is there any chance that the Maemo Word Processor can read MS Word files ?

Anyone had experience with this word prg from AbiWord ?

The current version on maemo doesn't allow loading of word files. the full version for linux allows it, so I guess it's an import plugin. The abiword is quite a recent addition to maemo, so it's a work in progress. I'm sure doc import will be a feature for it in the future.

:confused: I have abiword installed on my 770, and it is able to open word files. Some features, like formulas, don't work though.

Ok. Maybe I just had a messed up installation. Nice to know that it's working for you though!

How to install
 

I'm totally lost on trying to locate the good AbiWord for the 770 and how to install !!

Thanks for helping me out.

http://maemo.org/maemowiki/ApplicationCatalog ;)

thanks, but ....
 

Thanks for the link.
Installed succesfully, but when opening a wordfile, I see my text but every letter replaced by a question mark (?).
But the layout is right !

I installed AbiWord (/maemo) though my (retail) 770 warned about the possible damage to the device, then OK. Unfortunately my Abiword/770 did not open .doc-files, created only strange and unusable .abw-files and when selecting preferences the program exited. Well, to accept MS-.doc-files and to create at least in .rtf-format is a must, so some waiting for import/export plugins is obviously needed, or what to do.

same problem
 

Also while clicking Preference I had the AbiWord shutting down.
Let's wait for some more improvements !

not unusable :
http://www.abisource.com/download/
abw is the file format for abiword ;)
install abiword on your computer, you can convert doc in abw...
It's just a temporary solution, i think the future release of abiword on maemo will open doc, open document format and others ;)

I have only (MS-Word and) OpenOffice which seems not to accept .abw-files. Pity. So - should get PC-AbiWord too.
Instead of AbiWord: another way to create a written document is to write the often laborious _raw_ (ASCII) text with 770's text editor Notes. And then move the
textfile to the PC's word processing program to be edited for final form.