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 documentas 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)

2. AbiWord installation in Mageia Linux 1

Prerequisite

Mageia installation creates local repositories based on installation media.

3. Make sure you have Mageia online repositoriesenabled. 4. Mageia1: switching to Mageia Linux online repositories video presentation on youtube. 5. AbiWord Installation MCC ( Mageia Control Center )

Click on MCC icon

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 Findabiword 11. AbiWord Installation - Installing

Checkmarking abiword may give youAdditional packages neededwindow.

12. Click OKand installation starts. 13. AbiWord for x86_64 architecture is installed 14. Starting AbiWord in Mageia Linux 1

AbiWord is installed inOfficesection.

15. ClickAbiWordto start it. 16. AbiWord for Linux started 17. AbiWord documentSave As...

Click File

18. Click Save As... 19. AbiWord;Safe file as type:- default

By default, AbiWord saves file as AbiWord type (.abw extention)

20. Default folder is user's home folder -user 21. Save File As abiword in Document folder

We create fileabiwordand save it inDocumentsfolder

22. By default, full file name is abiword.abw 23. abiword.abw in Linux File Manager 24. abiword.abw online

Abiword.abw file is accessable from box.com

25. Read more about .abw file extension on about.com 26. Downloading AbiWord file abiword.abw

Click onabiword.abw lets you download the file

27. You have to selectSave File todownload it 28. The simplest way to open the file in Windows OS is to install AbiWord for Windows (see slides 25-29) 29. AbiWord;Save File As...abiword.doc

Click on Save file as type: lets you choose file type

30. ChoosingSave file as type:Microsoft Word (.doc)save file as abiword.doc 31. Abiword.doc is online on box.com 32. Downloading AbiWord file abiword.doc

Click on abiword.doc lets you download the file

33. Microsoft Word may be used for opening the file if it is installed 34. Opening abiword.doc file with Microsoft Word 2007 35. AbiWord; Save File As... abiword.pdf

ChoosingSafe file as type: Porable Document Format (.pdf)save your document as abiword.pdf

36. You can see the file on box.com 37. Downloading AbiWord file abiword.pdf

Click on abiword.pdf lets you download the file

38. Adobe Reader may be used for opening the file 39. Opening abiword.pdf with Adobe Reader 40. AbiWord files in Linux File Manager 41. Closing remarks

This presentation was created with LibreOffice Impress

42. More about LibreOffice on wikipedia 43. Operating systems used: Mageia Linux 1 and Windows Vista 44. Software used: AbiWord, Adobe Reader, GIMP,Paint, MicrosoftWord 2007, and scrot 45. Stlouismug about AbiWord - click here 46. AbiWord installation in Windows Vista

AbiWord website is abisource.org

47. Click download link on the website or here 48. The image on left shows the download page 49. AbiWord installation in Windows Vista

Click onMicrosoft Windows(see previous slide) gives you an option to save file

50. The option is from Windows Vista. It may be different in different Windows version 51. AbiWord installation in Windows Vista

Actual download process window

52. Scanning for viruses...may or may not be performed on different computers 53. AbiWord installation in Windows Vista

When file is downloaded right click on it

54. Click on Open starts installation process 55. You might need to enter administrator password 56. AbiWord installation in Windows Vista

The folderAbiWord Word Processoris created in Windows Menu after AbiWord is installed

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 filein Windows Explorer