NAME

       AbiWord - AbiWord Word Processor

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/bin/abiword [ options ] [ files ]

DESCRIPTION

       The AbiWord project began as a desire to create a stable, feature-savvy
       word processor  unbound  by  a  single  platform  or  proprietary  file
       formats.  Today  AbiWord  compiles  as  a  native application on a wide
       collection of computers and can handle an equally impressive number  of
       file formats.

OPTIONS

       --geometry=GEOMETRY_STRING
              Sets the initial frame geometry. X11-like geometry string.
       --nosplash
              Do not show the splash screen
       --to=FORMAT or FILENAME
              Target  format  of  file  or new target filename. For conversion
              AbiWord documents.  [abw, zabw, rtf,  txt,  utf8,  html,  latex,
              etc]
       --verbose
              Specify  the  amount  required  amount  of detail of the message
              information.
       --plugin=PLUGIN_NAME
              Execute plugin instead of the main application
       --print=FILE or |lpr
              Print any documents passed on the command line to FILE  or  send
              the output to the specified print command
       --show
              Force  the  Graphical  User Interface (GUI) to be shown, even if
              using the options --to or --help
       --version
              Report the version of AbiWord.
       --help
              Displays a helpful message explaining AbiWord’s usage

BUGS

       Some platforms do not yet support all features at the time of  writing.
       Submit  bugs  to  the Bugzilla bug tracking system at the AbiSource.com
       website.        Your       contributions        are        appreciated.
       http://bugzilla.abisource.com

SEE ALSO

       wvWare(1), psiconv, ispell(1)

HISTORY

       AbiWord  was originally started by SourceGear.  AbiWord is currently an
       Open Source Project run by volunteers.