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*AbiWord runs in the sugar shell |
*AbiWord runs in the sugar shell |
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*It has a minimal interface with a custom toolbar |
*It has a minimal interface with a custom toolbar |
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*A new clipart toolbar has been implemented that lets kids drag and drop pictures into their documents |
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*Made Abiword be embeddable as a Firefox widget |
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=What's left to do...= |
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*Finish implementing table menu button |
*Finish implementing table menu button |
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*Integrate AbiCollab with Sugar shell |
*Integrate AbiCollab with Sugar shell |
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*Use clipart bar to add drawings drawing app |
*Use clipart bar to add drawings drawing app |
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*Integrate the work being done on the [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Laptop_Experience/The_Journal Journal] activity with Abiword applicable. |
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=More Details= |
=More Details= |
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Revision as of 20:20, 16 December 2006
AbiWord is an Open Source word processor that uses GTK as its GUI.
The AbiWord project has financed an AbiWord Summer of Code project to produce a version with a user interface tailored to the OLPC hardware and the typical OLPC user. The following is the outcome of that project:
What's been done...
- AbiWord runs in the sugar shell
- It has a minimal interface with a custom toolbar
- A new clipart toolbar has been implemented that lets kids drag and drop pictures into their documents
- Made Abiword be embeddable as a Firefox widget
What's left to do...
- Polish (make clipart bar look nicer, have it look for clipart somewhere intelligently)
- Finish implementing table menu button
- Integrate AbiCollab with Sugar shell
- Use clipart bar to add drawings drawing app
- Integrate the work being done on the Journal activity with Abiword applicable.