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[[Image:Activity4.png]][http://www.abiword.com AbiWord] is an Open Source word processor that uses [[GTK]] as its GUI.
[[Image:Activity4.png]][http://www.abiword.com AbiWord] is an Open Source word processor that uses [[GTK]] as its GUI.


The current focus is on a browser-based Abiword [http://mailman.laptop.org/pipermail/sugar/2006-December/000872.html].
The current focujs is on a browser-based Abiword [http://mailman.laptop.org/pipermail/sugar/2006-December/000872.html].


The AbiWord project has financed [http://www.abisource.com/twiki/bin/view/Abiword/TheAbiWordOLPCUserInterface 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:
The AbiWord project has financed [http://www.abisource.com/twiki/bin/view/Abiword/TheAbiWordOLPCUserInterface 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:

Revision as of 03:59, 20 December 2006

Screenshot of AbiWord inside Sugar

Activity4.pngAbiWord is an Open Source word processor that uses GTK as its GUI.

The current focujs is on a browser-based Abiword [1].

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.

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