Word Processing

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Introduction

The OLPC will not be used in a typical first world environment with printers, cheap paper supplies and postal service. However, there will still be a need for children to practice composition, write essays, etc. Some type of word processor tailored to this environment will be an asset.

Projects

There is currently one project funded by the Abiword Summer of Code program, to develop a suitable Abiword UI for the OLPC.

Text editor

For simplicity's sake, a text editor such as gedit (mentioned here) might fill 90% of the writing needs of students.

• uses pango to render unicode fonts
• spellchecking
• simple interface