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abiword(1) |
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abiword — flexible cross-platform word processor
abiword [OPTIONS] [FILENAME...]
AbiWord is a full-featured, efficient word processing application suitable for a wide range of word processing tasks, and extensible with a variety of plugins. It integrates with enchant(1) to provide spell-checking.
−g WxH[+X+Y], −−geometry=WxH[+X+Y]
Specifies window geometry at startup.
−E PLUGIN, −−plugin=PLUGIN
Execute the specified plugin instead of the main application.
−−import−extension=EXT
Import the given file as if it had extension EXT, overriding automatic file type detection.
−u PROFILE, −−userprofile=PROFILE
Use PROFILE instead of the default ~/.AbiSuite/AbiWord.Profile to read and store settings.
−t DEST, −−to=DEST
Convert the given file to
another format, writing the result to DEST. The
format of DEST is determined by its extension.
See also −−to=FORMAT and
−−to−name.
−t FORMAT, −−to=FORMAT
Convert the given files(s) to
the given format. Unless explicitly specified with
−−to−name, the original filename
will be used (with a different extension, if necessary). See
also EXAMPLES.
The more popular values for FORMAT include:
−−to−name=DEST
Only useful in conjunction with −−to=FORMAT. Specifies where the converted document shall be written to.
−−verbose=LEVEL
Set level of verbosity [0−2], 2 giving the most detailed output.
−h, −−help
Display a short help message and exit.
−−version
Report the version of AbiWord.
To convert the document example.abw to RTF:
abiword −−to=rtf example.abw
The resulting file will be named example.rtf.
To print a document:
abiword −−to=ps −−to−name=fd://1 FILENAME | lp
Report bugs to the Bugzilla bug tracking system at <http://bugzilla.abisource.com>.
enchant(1)
AbiWord was started in 1998 by AbiSource Inc., a company founded by SourceGear corporation. The initial plan was to build a free office suite named AbiSuite, encompassing word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications. As they didn
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