KWord and AbiWord

KWord is used to open, edit, and print Microsoft Word document in Linux (e.g. Pascal, Fisher and Pearson server in the department install Linux system.).

To open a Microsoft Word document, type

    kword filename.doc&

The interface of the KWord is quite similar to Microsoft Word.

It seems that the KWord could not save files as Microsoft Word document.

For more information, check the KWord webpage.

AbiWord is a Word processor which "will run on virtually any operating system". You can open, edit, and print Microsoft Word document by using AbiWord. It's simple and fast.

To open a Microsoft Word document by AbiWord, type

    abiword filename.doc&

For more information, check the AbiWord webpage.

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