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In comp.os.linux.misc Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
> On 2024-12-30 06:53, D wrote:
>> On Sun, 29 Dec 2024, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>> If you're never sharing documents with others and only need to write, 
>>> AbiWord would definitely be my go-to. I love that little program.
>> 
>> Ahh... so it doesn't save in easily exportable file formats?
> 
> I just checked and noticed that it saves in PDF, ODT and DOCX in 
> addition to its own format. However, when I opened a few ODT documents 
> to see how it would handle them, I notice that it failed with the one 
> which included a simple table. I notice that it can produce its own, but 
> I can't fathom why it didn't display it properly here.

One thing I like about Ted (word processor, not text editor) is it
uses RTF as its native format, and that of course is supported for
reading and writing by any M$ Office version or even WordPad. It
supports tables and images, with more limitations than ODT or DOCX,
but well enough to do the job.

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